"In The Navy"

 

For many years, the phrase best known in the Navy is was no Frigg’n in the Rigg’n! But you know what they said even before ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell’ … “It’s not gay when you’re underway” or “It’s not Queer once you leave the pier!” Well, we’ve always known that buggery existed between the Skipper and his Cabin Boy long before the US Navy and well within the ranks of the Royal Navy across the pond! Here we give you the original “In The Navy” lyrics infamously introduced by the Village People in 1979…

Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure
Learn science technology?
Where can you begin to make your dreams all come true
On the land or on the sea?
Where can you learn to fly, play in sports, and skin dive
Study oceanography?
Sign off for the big band or sit in the grandstand
When your team and others meet

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on people, fall an' make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand

In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy, oh

They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit

If you like adventure, don't you wait to enter
The recruiting office fast
Don't you hesitate, there is no need to wait
They're signing up new seamen fast
Maybe you are too young to join up today
But don't you worry 'bout a thing
For I'm sure there will be always a good navy
Protecting the land and sea

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on people, fall an' make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand

In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people and make a stand
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy, in the navy

They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit
Who me?
They want you, they want you
They want you as a new recruit
But, but, but, I'm afraid of water
Hey, hey look, man
I get seasick even watchin' it on TV

They want you, they want you in the navy
Oh my goodness
They want you
What am I gonna do in a submarine?
They want you
They want you, they want you in the navy

In the navy
Yes, you can sail the seven seas
In the navy
Yes, you can put your mind at ease
In the navy
Come on people, fall in make a stand
In the navy, in the navy
Can't you see we need a hand

In the navy
Come on, protect the motherland
In the navy
Come on and join your fellow man
In the navy
Come on people and make a stand

 

Now as if we need a parody to such a legendary song, this one comes to you from Squire Malloy written in 2011 when the Canoe Club became known as the Canoe Cabaret …

 

Where can you find pleasure
Seeking hidden treasure
In your shipmate’s BVD’s
There’s no ask or tell now, everything is swell now
There’s more semen on the seas
You can learn to pile drive
Even learn to skin dive
Study male anatomy
You can toot the skin flute
If your bunkmate’s real cute
And he’s playing on your team

In the navy
You can embrace your fellow man
In the navy
And offer him a playful hand
In the navy
You can shower with a mate
In the navy, in the navy
You can scuttle someone’s butt
In the navy
There’ll be lots of time to rut
In the navy
Put your passions on display
In the navy
Congress said it was okay
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy (in the navy)

They want you, they want you
They want you if you are a fruit

Tired of the land strife
Sickened by the straight life
Here’s your shot to getaway
Go down and enlist
You might just have a tryst
If your recruiter’s also gay
Go and take a chance
And search for some romance
Yes, gobs of seamen think your way
Just throw on your pea coat
Jump into a love boat
Make your dreams come true today


In the navy
You can embrace your fellow man
In the navy
And offer him a playful hand
In the navy
You can shower with a mate
In the navy, in the navy
You can scuttle someone’s butt
In the navy
There’ll be lots of time to rut
In the navy
Put your passions on display
In the navy
Congress said it was okay
In the navy, in the navy, in the navy(in the navy)

They want you, they want you
They want you if you are a fruit

 

(FiN)