Song lyrics to “Shoo Shoo Baby”, a popular song written by Phil Moore. The song was made famous by The Andrews Sisters, as they sang it in the 1943 film Three Cheers for the Boys. “Shoo, Shoo Baby” was a big hit for the trio in 1944, reaching No. 2 in the chart.
Shoo Shoo Baby Lyrics
You’ve seen him up and down the avenue
And now he’s wearin’ the navy blue
She had a tear in the corner of her eye
As he said his last – goodbye…
Shoo-shoo-shoo baby, shoo-shoo-shoo baby
Bye-bye-bye baby, doo-dah-doo-day
Your pappa’s off to the seven seas
Do-on’t cry baby, do-on’t sigh baby
Bye-bye-bye baby, doo-dah-doo-day
When I come back we’ll live a life of ease
Seems kind of tough now
To say goodbye this way
But pappa’s gotta be rough now
So that he can be sweet to you another day
Bye-bye-bye baby, do-on’t cry baby
Shoo-shoo-shoo baby, doo-dah-doo-day
Your papa’s off to the seven seas
Shhh-shoo baby, do-dah-doo-day
Shhh-shoo baby, do-dah-doo-day
Shhh-shoo baby, shoo-shoo
Wait a minute, I want a little bit of quiet in the house, please
She wants a little bit of quiet in the house
My papa’s on his way across the seven seas
So don’t you cry-hy, don’t you sigh, goodbye
Now shoo-shoo baby, shoo-oo-oo-oo-oo
Shoo-shoo my baby, shoo…
Goodbye baby, don’t you cry no more
Your big a-tall papa’s off to the seven seas
Seems kind of tough now
To say goodbye this way-ay
But papa’s got to be rough now
So that he can be sweet to you another day
Shhhh baby, shhhh baby
Shoo-shoo-shoo baby, goodbye, goodbye
Your papa’s off to the seven seas, the seven seas
Your big tall papa’s off to the seven seas
Trivia
- This song was also the inspiration for the naming of the Shoo Shoo Baby, a B-17 Flying Fortress which served during World War II.
- A version of the song is played over a radio at the Heavenly trial of the airman in the 1946 film A Matter of Life and Death as a symbol of then-modern America.
Media mentions
- Sung by Connie Haines on The Abbott and Costello Radio Show episode, “Costello’s Pet Turkey“