Used in Paramount film “BLUE SKIES,” 1946.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Cover Art (Pink Marquis) by Hal Weinstein.
Copyright ©30 Sep 1919.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Ive_Got_My_Captain_Working_For_Me_Now – MIDIDOWNLOAD
Lyrics
- Johnny Jones was a first class private
In the army last year
Now he’s back to bus’ness in his father’s place
Sunday night I saw him with a smiling face
When I asked why he felt so happy
Johnny chuckled with glee
He winked his eye and made this reply:
“Something wonderful has happened to me”
Chorus
I’ve got the guy who used to be
My Captain working for me
He wanted work so I made him a clerk
In my father’s factory
And bye and bye I’m gonna have him
Wrapped in work up to his brow
I make him open the office ev’ry morning at eight
I come around about four hours late
Everything comes to those who wait
I’ve got my Captain working for me now
- He’s not worth what I have to pay him
But I’ll never complain
I’ve agreed to give him fifty dollars per
It’s worth twice as much to hear him call me “Sir”
While I sit in my cosy office
He’s outside working hard
Out in the hall at my beck and call
With a feather duster standing on guard
Sung here by Fred Feild: