[1] This version enjoyed great popularity during World War II, and has been recorded by different performers.
Bell Bottom Trousers was the last song with a military connection to be featured on the popular radio and television broadcast Your Hit Parade.
Other titles include: There once was a waitress from the Prince George Hotel Her mistress was a lady, her master was a swell They knew she was a simple girl and lately from a farm And they watched her carefully to keep her from all harm Chorus: Singing a bell bottom trousers, coats of navy blue Let him climb the rigging like his daddy used to do The 42nd Fusilers came marching into town And with them came a complement of rapists of renown They busted every maidenhead that came within their spell But they never made the waitress from the Prince George Hotel Chorus Next came a company of the Prince of Wales Hussars They piled into a whorehouse they packed along the bars Every maid and mistress and wife before them fell But they never made the waitress from the Prince George Hotel Chorus One day came a sailor just an ordinary bloke A bulging at the trousers, a heart of solid oak At sea without a woman for seven years or more There wasn't any need to ask what he was looking for Chorus He asked her for a candlestick to light his way to bed He asked her for a pillow to rest his weary head And speaking to her gently as if he meant no harm He asked her to come to bed just so to keep him warm Chorus He lifted up the blanket and a moment there he lie He was on her.
he was in her, in a twinkling of an eye He was out again, and in again, and plowing up a storm And the only word she said to him was "I hope you're keeping warm" Chorus Early in the morning the sailor he arose Saying here's a 2-pound note my dear for the damage I have caused If you have a daughter bounce her on your knee If you have a son send the bastard out to sea!
Chorus (Extra verse) Now she sits beside a dock with a baby on her knee Waiting for a sailing ship coming a-home from sea Waiting for the jolly tars in Navy uniform All she wants to do my boys is keep the Navy warm!