One of the first WWII songs to come out. Many of the lyrics are politically incorrect but the song does accurately reflect the initial shock of the nation to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also, let’s hope in time that we can forgive Bob Miller for using the Chinese chop suey so he could rhyme it with...
We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
We’ll skin that streak of yellow from that sneaky little fellow
And he’ll think a cyclones struck him when we’re thru it
We’ll take that double-crosser to the old wood shed
We’ll start right on his bottom and we’ll go to his head
When we get done with him, he’ll wish that he was dead
We’re gotta slap the dirty Jap
Uncle Sam’s a man who’s given a helping hand
To many a foreign land, don’t forget it
But when somebody goes to stompin’ on his toes
They better guard their nose or they'll regret it
We’re gonna have to slap the Dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
The Japs and all their hooey will be changed into chop suey
And the rising sun will set when we get thru it
Their alibi for fighting is to save their face
For ancestors waiting in celestial space
We’ll kick their precious face down to the other place
We’re gotta slap the dirty Jap
We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
I wouldn’t fool you mister he can raise an awful blister
And somebody’s pants will burn before we’re thru it
We’ll reach across the ocean and grab that yellow jap
And turn him upside down right on democracy’s lap
We’ll blister his axis and do it with a snap
We’re gotta slap a dirty little jap
Uncle Sam is mild, as peaceful as a child
But never get him riled or you will rue it
So now they want to fight, we’ll they’ve bit off quite a bite
And Uncle Sam is gonna make them chew it
We’re gonna have to slap the dirty little Jap
And Uncle Sam’s the guy who can do it
Cause it really is a feature when he starts to be a teacher
We can show you several pupils who’ve been thru it
Uncle Sam believes in the golden rule
But when he’s double-crossed he’s got a kick like a mule
We’re warning Hitler too, that Sam’s a fightin’ fool
We’re gotta slap the dirty little Jap
We’re Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap was written by Bob Miller.
Bob Miller released We’re Gonna Have to Slap the Dirty Little Jap on Wed Jan 01 1941.