From the film “Navy Blues”, 1941.
Words by Johnny Mercer.
Music by Arthur Schwartz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Gangway, you folks on that steamer
Gangway, you folks on that train
Gangway, for this city dreamer
Take a look at my smile
Take a listen and I’ll explain
Refrain:
When I get my summer vacation
You can bet that I’m going to be
Far away from civilization in Waikiki
While you city dwellers are tortured
By the lack of vitamin ‘B’,
I’ll be picking mine from an orchard in Waikiki
Lying on a pillow by a lazy sea.
You can have a date with a cutie
And be sure it’s on the Q. T.
Walter Winchell’s never on duty in Waikiki