Popeye Song Lyrics

compiled by Jimlaad(tm)

"Popeye the Sailor Man" from various (just to be complete) [Popeye]

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I yam what I yam
And that's all what I yam.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

I'm Popeye the sailor man!
I'm Popeye the sailor man!
I'm strong to the finich,
'Cause I eats me spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

I'm one tough gazooka
Which hates all palookas
What ain't on the up and square.
I biffs and I boffs them
And always outroughs 'em
But none of 'em gets nowhere.

If anyone's dasses to risk me fisks
It's "Bop!" and it's "Wham", understand?
So keep good behav'or,
That's your one lifesaver
With Popeye the sailor man.

I'm Popeye the sailor man!
Popeye the sailor man!
I'm strong to the finich,
'Cause I eats my spinach.
I'm Popeye the sailor man!

"Abu Hassan" from "Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" (1937) ["Abu Hassan", thieves (and horses), and radio announcer]

[Abu Hassan]
You better lock up your doors today,
'Cause Abu Hassan is on his way!
Go in hidin'
When I go ridin',
There's me and my forty thieves!

Your wives and children and money, too:
I'll steal them from you before I'm through.
I'm out gunnin',
So start in runnin'
From me and my forty thieves!

Abu Hassan!
[Thieves]
Abu Hassan!
[Abu Hassan]
My gang's the roughest,
But I'm the toughest!
And that's no lie.

Abu Hassan!
[Thieves]
Abu Hassan!
[Abu Hassan]
You've got to hand it
To this bad bandit
'Cause I'm one terrible guy!

[Radio Announcer]
You better lock up your doors today!
'Cause Abu Hassan is on his way!
Go in hidin'
When he comes ridin'
There's him and his forty thieves!

Your wives and children and money, too:
He'll steal them from you before he's through.
He's out gunnin'
So start in runnin'
From him and his forty thieves!

Abu Hassan!
Abu Hassan!
In every village,
He'll steal and pillage,
There's not he'll spare!

Abu Hassan!
Abu Hassan!
If he should spy you,
Then we defy you
To cross his path if you dare!

Abu Hassan!
[Thieves]
Abu Hassan!
[Abu Hassan]
When things get quiet,
I start a riot
As I go by!

Abu Hassan!
[Thieves' Horses]
Abu Hassan!
[Abu Hassan]
And you'll discover
They run to cover
'Cause I'm a terrible guy!

"At the Wheel of my Automobile" from "The Spinach Roadster" (1936) [Popeye]

When I'm at the wheel
Of my automobile,
I feel just like a king!

She's not much to see,
But she's okay with me,
She's got that certain swing!

We take the bumps to'getter
As easy as anything!

When I'm at the wheel
Of my automobile,
I feel just like a king!

"The Ballad of Barnacle Bill" from "Beware of Barnacle Bill" (1935) [Olive Oyl, Popeye, and "Barnacle Bill"]

[Olive Oyl]
Popeye, dear, we cannot wed.
Popeye, dear, we cannot wed.
Popeye, dear, we cannot wed.
I love another sailor.

[Popeye]
Who's the guy who won your heart?

[Olive Oyl]
It's Barnacle Bill the sailor.
[Popeye]
Who's the guy who thinks he's smart?
[Olive Oyl]
It's Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Popeye]
Why, that false heart and flattering tongue.
He courts them all, both old and young.
He courts them all but marries none,
Your Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Olive Oyl]
But he's strong and handsome, too.
But he's strong and handsome, too.
But he's strong and handsome, too.
My Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Popeye]
I'll twist his toes
And squeeze the nose
Of Barnacle Bill the sailor!
I'll mop the place
With his false face,
That Barnacle Bill the sailor!
I'll grab him by his dirty neck,
And when I'm through he'll be a wreck.
I'll sweep and smear and swab the deck
With Barnacle Bill the sailor!

[Knock! Knock!]
[Olive Oyl]
Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Tell the fair young maiden.

[Barnacle Bill]
It's only me from over the sea.
It's Barnacle Bill the sailor.
I've come to take you away with me.
I'm Barnacle Bill the sailor.

Hurry before you get me sore.
I'll rare and tear and rant and roar!
Hurry before I bust in the door!
It's Barnacle Bill the sailor!

[Olive Oyl]
Here I come to let you in.
Here I come to let you in.
Here I come to let you in.
My Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Barnacle Bill]
No one ever challenges me!
[Popeye]
Says Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Barnacle Bill]
I'm the terror of the sea!

[Popeye]
Says Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Barnacle Bill]
A fe and a fi and a fo and a fum!
Yo he ho and a bottle of rum!
Before your silly old day is done!
[Popeye]
Says Barnacle Bill the sailor.

[Olive Oyl]
Popeye, dear, I love you best.
Popeye, dear, I love you best.
Popeye, dear, I love you best.
When will we get married?

[Popeye]
I've changed me mind, so you can wed
Your Barnacle Bill the sailor.
You're nothing but a cabbage-head.

Every dame's a selfish cat.
They only turn and leave you flat.
Just the way you did to that
Poor Barnacle Bill the sailor.

"Brotherly Love" from the cartoon of the same name (1936) [Olive Oyl]

What we all need is brotherly love!
You can't go wrong with brotherly love!
Let everybody be
One great big family.
No scrappin',
No yappin':
How happy we will be!

Now I don't care who's brother you love,
As long as there is brotherly love.
Make every Tom and Dick and Otto
Obey our golden motto!
'Cause what we need is brotherly love!

"A Clean Shaven Man" from the cartoon of the same name (1936) [Olive Oyl]

I want a clean shaven man!
I want a clean shaven man.
If he's short or tall,
Doesn't matter at all.
He doesn't have to be too sharp to be my razor man!

I want a clean shaven man!
I want a clean shaven man.
Oh, how I'd behave
When he takes a shave.
I want a clean shaven man!

"Climb the Mountain with Me" from "I-ski Love-ski You-ski" (1936) [Popeye and Bluto]

[Popeye]
Heidell dee, heidell ho, heidell day-hee-dee-ho.
Day-hee-dee-ho, Day-he-dee-ho!
[Bluto]
Hedelly dee, hedelly ho, hedelly dee-tee-dee-do.
Dee-tee-dee-do, dedelly dee!

[Popeye]
Won't you come and climb the mountain with me?
O-lay-hee-dee-ho, don't say-ee no.
Oh the air up there is fresh as can be.
O-lay-hee-dee-ho, dee-ho.

[Bluto]
I'll take you up, up, up to the tip.
It's a wonderful trip.
I won't let you slip.

Won't you come and climb the mountain with me?
O-lay-hee-hey-ho, hee-ho.

"I Don't Want to Walk Without You" from "Klondike Casanova" (1946) [Olive Oyl]

I don't want to walk without you, baby.
I walk with my arm about you, baby.
I thought the day you left me behind,
I'd take off so and get you off my mind,
But now I find

That I don't want to walk without sunshine.
Why'd you have to turn off all that sunshine?
Oh, baby, please come back to break my heart for me.
'Cause I don't want to walk without you, no siree.

"I Found Out Where to Find My Pappy" from "Goonland" (1938) [Popeye]

I found out where to find my pappy,
My pappy what got lost when I was born.
One look at me made him unhappy,
Forty years has gone since he was saw'n!

But I'll sail and sail and sail the sea,
And I'll never come back 'till he comes with me.
'Cause I found out where to find my pappy,
My pappy what got lost when I was born!

"I Wanna Be a Life Guard" from the cartoon of the same name (1936) [Bluto and Popeye]

[Bluto]
I wanna be a life guard,
Just a public servin' life preservin' man.
[Popeye]
I wanna be a life guard,
With a million dollar coat of tan.
[Bluto]
So, if you want a life guard,
[Popeye]
You can bet your life that I'm your man.

"If I Were President" and "She's a Jolly Good Female" from "Olive Oyl for President" (1948) [Olive Oyl, Congress]

[Olive Oyl]
If I were president, if I were president,
There'd be at least ten months of June,
For folks to spend their honeymoon,
And night winds would all have the sweetest scent.
If I were president.

If I were president, if I were president,
Silk worms in every house would grow
And they would all be on the go
(In case there were a stocking accident).
If I were president.

There'd be lampposts like you've never seen.
And streets would all be spotless clean!

If I were president, if I were president,
I'd have a cure that would work right,
For those who couldn't sleep at night.
The time they spent awake would be well-spent.
If I were president. If I were president.

If I were president, if I were president,
The dogs whose habits all were strange
Would undergo a brand new change.
An all-day cone would cost a cent.
If I were president.

If I were president, if I were president,
Each bus would have a smoother run,
With lots of seats for everyone.
Apartments once again would be for rent.
If I were president.

There would be no wrangling anymore,
For drumsticks that fell short before.

If I were president, if I were president,
I'd pick up feminine morale,
And get a man for every gal.
More holidays would get my strong consent.
If I were president.

[Congress]
She's a jolly good female,
She's a jolly good female,
She's a jolly good female.
We love our president.

"I'm Moving Today" from "Let's Get Movin'" (1936) [Olive Oyl]

Oh, I'm so excited! Ha-cha-cha, hey hey!
I'm packing up my troubles 'cause I'm moving today!
Woo! I'm so excited, everything's okay!
I haven't told the landlord, but I'm moving today!

The moving man is big and strong.
And oh, dear me, I hope he let's me ride along!

That's why I'm so excited! Ha-cha-cha, hey hey!
I'm packing up my troubles 'cause I'm moving today! Oo!

"Jingle Jangle Jingle" from "The Hungry Goat" (1943) [Goat]

I'll get a meal, that jingle jangle jingles,
As I go merrily alone.
And tin cans in my tummy tingle...

"King of the Mardi Gras" from the cartoon of the same name (1935) [Bluto and Popeye]

[Bluto]
Oh, I'm king of the Mardi Gras!
In fact I'm the whole bloomin' show!
Oh, I'm king of the Mardi Gras!
I dare anyone to say no!

[Popeye]
I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I yam what I yam
And that's all what I yam.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

[Bluto]
I run the whole works here at Coney,
What power supreme I enjoy!
Hey, speaking of kings,
I'm one of those things.
In fact I'm the real McCoy!

I'm Bluto the Great One and Only!
My army is made up of freaks!
My horses are found on the merry go round.
My slaves are Arabian sheiks.

[Popeye]
Oh, I'm king of the Mardi Gras!
What's more, I'm the whole bloomin' show!
Oh, I'm king of the Mardi Gras!
I dares anyone to say no!

"Leave Well Enough Alone" from the cartoon of the same name (1939) [Parrot]

Leave well enough alone (squawk, squawk!)
Leave well enough alone (snort, snort!)
I've got my bottle and bread
And a roof over my head.
Leave well enough alone (honk, honk!)
Why should I want to roam?
I know me stuff
And I'm smart enough
To leave well enough alone!

"Like a Beam From Above" from "Shakespearean Spinach" (1940) [Popeye as Romeo, Olive Oyl as Juliet, and Bluto as Ham Romeo]

[Popeye]
Like a beam from above.
Heavenly radiance, Juliet appears!

[Olive Oyl]
Blissful dream, star of love!
To my heart, remains endeared!

[Popeye]
Here's this heart, by your dart, only finds bliss by your side!
In your arms, by your charms, I'd have heaven in your light!

But your ray died away, fled as fades the cloud in air.
Let me 'lone here to moan, and has doomed me to despair,
To dark despair.

Like a beam, from above.
[Olive Oyl]
Heavenly radiance, Romeo appears!

[Popeye]
Blissful dream, star of love!
To my heart, remains endeared!

Juliet! Oh, Juliet! Why hast thou sunk this heart in love?
[Olive Oyl]
Thou didst leave me broken hearted.
[Popeye]
To my own grave I go!
[Bluto]
Ah! To your grave you go! Ah, you'll go!

Like a beam from above.
Heavenly radiance, Juliet appears!

[Olive Oyl]
Get out, scram! Clumsy ham!
You're a monkey with a beard!

[Bluto]
Here's this heart, by your dart, only finds bliss by your side!
[Olive Oyl]
I say go, better go, you will only spoil our show!

[Bluto]
But your ray died away, fled as fades the cloud in air.
Let me 'lone here to moan, and has doomed me to despair,
To dark despair.

[Olive Oyl]
On your way, you can't play!
Nay, nay! Oh, if Popeye'd only hear!
[Bluto]
Thou didst leave me broken hearted.
So, I'll go!

"Little Bow and Arrow" from "Robin Hood-winked" (1948) ["Robin Hood" and Little John]

[Robin Hood]
I'm Robin Hood from yonder wood with my little bow and arrow.
I hit with ease three out of threes, with my little bow and arrow.

[Little John]
I'm Little John, I've never gone on the road that's straight and narrow.
I get my pound of what's around with my little bow and arrow.

[Robin Hood and Little John]
Two busy little men are we, giving our gold away!

[Little John]
We take from the wicked,
[Robin Hood]
And give to the good,
[Robin Hood and Little John]
So happily on our way!

When they come tough, we treat them rough, with our little bow and arrow!
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, we fear no foe, with our little bow and arrow!

"Lonesome, Lonesome" and "Love in Bloom" from "Hill-billing and Cooing" (1956) [she doesn't have a name in the cartoon, but I expect it's something like Big Bertha]

Oh, a girl like me don't git no thrills,
'Cause there's no men in these thar hills.
Lonesome, lonesome.
I gotta get me a man.

I craves romance 'neath the silv'ry moon.
But who can romance with a pet raccoon?
Lonesome, lonesome.
I gotta get me a man.

Can it be the breeze, the flowers, the trees,
The rare and smelly perfume!
Oh no, it ain't no gall-durned breeze,
It's tant'lizin' lovin' in bloom!

[Thought I'd throw this in:]
[Olive]
I'll knock the dame sky-high
Who tries to take my guy:
Popeye the sailor man.

"The Man on the Flying Trapeze" from the cartoon of the same name (1934) [Nana Oyl, Popeye, boys and cat, barker, trapeze artist, and Olive Oyl]

[Nana Oyl]
Without any warning,
She left you one morning,
With the man on the flying trapeze!

Oh, he floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flyin' trapeze.
His movements are graceful, all girls he does please.
[Popeye]
And my love he has taken away! Oh!

[Boys (and cat)]
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flyin' trapeze.
His movements are graceful; all girls he does please.
[Popeye]
And my love he has taken away!

Once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn,
Like an old coat that is tattered and torn.
Left to fret in this wide world to fret and to mourn,
Betrayed by a maid in her tease!

This girl that I loved, she was handsome!
I tried all I knew her to please!
Without any warning
She left me one morning
With the man on the flying trapeze!

[Barker]
Oh, he flies through the air with the greatest of ease,
This daring young man on the flying trapeze!
His movements are graceful, all girls he does please.
[Popeye]
And my love he has taken away!
[Boys (and cat)]
Hooray!

[Trapeze Artist]
I float through the air with the greatest of ease.
A daring young man on the flying trapeze.
[Olive Oyl:]
Don't try to kid them, you're just a big cheese.
[Boys (and cat)]
And your love is purloined away!

[Trapeze Artist]
I float through the air with the greatest of ease.
A daring young man on the flying trapeze.
My movements are graceful, all girls I do please.
[Popeye]
And my love he has taken away!

[Boys (and cat)]
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease,
The daring young man on the flyin' trapeze.
His movements are graceful; all girls he does please.
[Popeye]
And my love you have taken away!

"New Year Comes But Once a Year" from "Let's Celebrake" (1938) [Bluto, Popeye, and horses]

[Bluto and Popeye]
New Year comes but once a year, now it's here, now it's here!
Bringing lots of joy and cheer, tra la-la la la!
[Horses]
You and me and he and she and we are glad because!
Why, because we're here, because, because!
[Bluto and Popeye]
New Year comes but once a year, now it's here, now it's here!
Bringing lots of joy and cheer, tra la-la la la!

"Olive and Popeye's Vaudeville Act" from "Puttin' On the Act" (1940) [Olive Oyl and Popeye]

[Olive Oyl and Popeye]
We would like to introduce ourselves to you:
[Popeye]
I'm Popeye!
[Olive Oyl]
I'm Olive!
[Olive Oyl and Popeye]
How deedle-ye-eye you do?

We will entertain you with a thing or two.
We hope you like the little act we do!

"Popeye's Poopdeck Pappy" from "My Pop, My Pop" (1940) [Poopdeck Pappy]

Oh, I'm Popeye's Poopdeck Pappy,
A seagoing sun of a gun.
From bold Algiers to old Shanghai,
A seagoing sun of a gun am I.

I'm Popeye's Poopdeck Pappy,
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy!
In building boats I'm never wrong.
I've built a million, short and long.
I'm ninety-nine and going strong!
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy!

No swab alive can call me bluff.
In building boats, I knows me stuff.
I'm ninety-nine and plenty tough!
Ahoy, ahoy, ahoy!

"Sail, sail, sail" and "Bottle of Rum" from "Popeye and the Pirates" (1947) [Olive Oyl, Pirates]

[Olive Oyl]
Sail, sail, sail your boat, over the Spanish Main.
Where all the pirates sailed their ships and I hope they sail again!

[Pirates]
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil have done for the rest,
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!

"Shiver Me Timbers" from "Fowl Play" (1937) [the parrot]

Shiver me timbers, blow me down,
If you ain't the prettiest gal in town.

Tickle me starboard, scrape my paint,
I'll lick any 'lubber who says you ain't.

Sailors never tell a lie
And I says you got class.
I need but one good eye to see
That you are ship-shape lass.

Shiver me timbers, blow me down,
I'm sure gonna like it with you around.

"Sindbad the Sailor" from "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" (1936) and "Big Bad Sindbad" (1952) ["Sindbad"]

I'm Sindbad the Sailor, so hearty and hale,
I live on an island on the back of a whale.
It's a whale of an island (that's not a bad joke);
Its lord and its master is this handsome bloke.

Who's the most remarkable extraordinary fellow?
Sindbad the Sailor!

I scare all creation on land or on sea.
But talk about women--they all fall for me!
I take my adventures wherever they're found.
I don't mean to brag, folks, but I've been around.

Who's the most phenomenal extra-special kind of fellow?
Sindbad the Sailor!

From the Valley of Serpents these diamonds I took!
I cleaned out those serpents with one dirty look!

Now look at this monster, so strong and so huge!
He'd frighten King Kong, but he's only my stooge!
The capture of Oola for me was just fun;
Whoever said two heads was better than one!

Who's the most phenomenal extraordinary fellow?
Youse! Sindbads the Sailor!

On one of my travels, I ran into this:
Now there was a thrill I'd be sorry to miss!
He spread out his wings, and the sunlight grew dim.
He took me in his feet, but I ran off with him!

Who's the most remarkable extraordinary fellow?
Sindbad the Sailor!

Who's the most phenomenal extra-special kind of fellow?
Sindbad the Sailor!

I'm afraid of nobody under the sun!
All I say is "Boo!" and my enemies run!

Who's the most remarkable extraordinary fellow?
[Popeye]
It's Popeye the sailor man!
etc.

"Strike Up the Band for Popeye" from "Popeye the Sailor" (1933) and "I Yam What I Am" (1933) [Opening Credits]

Strike up the band for Popeye the sailor.
Cash in his hand, right off the whaler.
Standing alone,
Don't let him go.
He's a cinch
But every inch
A sailor!

"Why Am I So Beautiful?" from "Morning, Noon and Nightclub" (1937) ["Miss Olivita"]

Why am I so beautiful? Why do all the fellers fall for me?
Why am I so beautiful? Why do all the women envy me?

Can it be my grace or my form divine?
Can it be my face or these pretty feet of mine?

Why am I so beautiful? Why O why O me O me O my!

"We Aim to Please" from the cartoon of the same name (1934) [Popeye and Olive Oyl]

[Popeye and Olive Oyl]
We aim to please!
It's our business to be at your service!
We aim to please!
Strawberry pineapple pie!

[Olive Oyl]
You don't have to go on a diet,
We always make sure that you're fed.
[Popeye]
Our hamburger steaks are a riot,
You'd better try liver instead.

[Popeye and Olive Oyl]
'Cause, we aim to please!
It's our business to be at your service!
We aim to please!
Onions are beautiful things!

"What Can I Do for You?" from "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp" (1939) ["Aladdin"]

What can I do for you?
I'd do most anything you'd ask me to.
I'd go and get that pot of gold from the rainbow,
And bring it where you are,
And then I'd hitch your wagon to a star.

What can I do for you?
Hey, how'd you like to have your dreams come true?
I'd like to make you happy through and through.
'Deed I do!
So what can I do for you?

"We're On Our Way to Rio" from the cartoon of the same name (1944) [Bluto and Popeye]

[Bluto and Popeye]
I'm on my way to Rio.
[Popeye]
To love and laughter, and soft guitars.
[Bluto]
It's always gay in Rio,
[Popeye]
With lovely ladies 'neath the stars.

[Bluto and Popeye]
Once there I'll sure try to be good.
[Bluto]
And I'll be good, so have no fear.
[Bluto and Popeye]
Tell all the girls in Rio
[Popeye]
That Popeye
[Bluto]
And Bluto
[Bluto and Popeye]
Are here.

"Wimpy's Ode to Hamburgers" from What--No Spinach? (1936) [Wimpy]

There's nothing in the world that can compare
With a hamburger, juicy and rare.
A hamburger lives for the pleasure it gives--
It's a thrill on the bill of fare.

Such heavenly food deserves the best:
A home and contentment beneath my vest.
There's nothing in the world that's so divine
As a hamburger, tender and fine.
I adore you, hamburger mine!

"You Gotta Be a Football Hero" from the cartoon of the same name (1935) [Olive Oyl]

The fact that you are rich or handsome,
And can do anything in curls.
You gotta be a football hero,
To get along with the beautiful girls!


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