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 this sneaky little fellow And he’ll think a cyclone’s struck him when we’re thru it We’ll take the double crosser to the old woodshed We’ll start on his bottom and we’ll go to his head When we get done with him, he’ll wish that he was dead We gotta slap the dirty little Jap Uncle Sam’s a man who’s given a helpin’ hand To many a foreign lands; don’t forget it! But when somebody goes to trompin’ on his toes They’d 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 gotta slap the dirty little 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 ya mister: He can raise an awful blister, And somebody’s pants will burn before we’re through it. We’ll reach across the ocean and grab that yella Jap And turn him upside down right on Democracy’s lap. We’ll blister his axis and do it with a snap! We gotta slap the 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 wanna fight! Well they’ve bit off quite a bite! And Uncle Sam is gonna make ‘em 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 through it. Uncle Sam believes in the Golden Rule But when he’s double crossed he’s gotta kick like a mule! We’re warnin’ Hilters tool: Uncle Sam’s a fightin’ fool! We’ve gotta slap the dirty little Jap.