[RUBY]
Dear Mr. Roosevelt, please let me say
I think your Navy's just great
Tell Mrs. Roosevelt, this is my day
For I just said yes to a boy’s request
To become his first-class mate

Before I went to sleep each night I used to pray
The only boy for me would some day come my way
Now that he's here, I'll love and honor and obey
The sailor of my dreams

When he said "gee you’re swell" and took me by the hand
I felt like I was Alice lost in Wonderland
Aha! Sweet mystery of life—I understand
The sailor of my dreams!

In school I thought love not worth speaking of
It was just for babes in the wood
But one little kiss now makes me insist
It's good, it's good, it's good

As he just took the Navy oath to be all mine
I'll darn his socks and wash his shirts until they shine
Oh, Mr. Roosevelt, your fleet is so divine
I could go on for reams
About my dream man, my gentle he-man
The-man-for-me man, my first-class seaman
The sailor of my dreams