“Robert Mitchum and the Short Arm Inspection Blues”

A World War II Sailor’s Diddy, Fuck 'Em All was an alternative version of "Bless 'Em All" often sung in protest of the conditions during the War. After the actor Robert Mitchum was drafted into the Army in 1945, he spent his year in service as a pecker checker at the Tarzana Induction Center in Los Angeles, California hence the title …

Oh, they sent for the Navy to come to Tulagi,

The gallant Navy agreed.

With one thousand sections in different directions,

My God, what a fucked-up stampede.

Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all

The long and the short and the tall.

Fuck all the admirals who give us the flak;

They don't give a shit if we ever come back.

So we're saying goodbye to them all,

As over the gangplank we crawl. 

There'll be no promotion this side of the ocean,

So cheer up, my lads, fuck 'em all.

They say there's a convoy that's leaving New York,

Bound for those Blighty shores;

Heavily laden with tanks and with planes,

Shit for old Adolf, of course.

Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all

The long and the short and the tall.

Fuck all the captains and all the mates too,

Fuck the engineers and the whole God-damn crew.

So we're saying goodbye to them all,

As back to our rustpots we crawl.

We'll start a commotion that side of the ocean,

So cheer up, my lads, fuck 'em all.

They sent for the nurses to come overseas,

The reason was perfectly clear:

To make a good marriage and push a good carriage

While fucking all hands, my dear.

Fuck 'em all, fuck 'em all

The long and the short and the tall.

Fuck all the blond cunts and all the brunettes;

Don't be too choosey, just fuck all you gets.

So we're saying goodbye to them all,

As over back to our rustpots we crawl.

You'll et no erection at short-arm inspection,

So cheer up, my lads, fuck 'em all.