December the seventh, nineteen hundred and forty one

On December the seventh, nineteen hundred and forty one

The Japanese flew over Pearl Harbor, dropping bombs by the ton



This Japanese is so ungrateful, just like a stray dog on the street

Yes the Japanese is ungrateful, just like a stray dog on the street

Well he bite the hand that feeds 'm, soon as he get enough to feed



Some say the Japanese is hard fighters, but any dummy ought to know

Some say the Japanese is hard fighters, but any dummy ought to know

Even a rattlesnake won't bite you in your back, he will warn you before he strikes his blow



I turned on my radio and I heard mister Roosevelt say

I turned on my radio and I heard mister Roosevelt say

We wanted to stay out of Europe and Asia, but now we all got a debt to pay



We even sold the Japanese brass and scrap iron, and it makes my blood boil in the vein

We sold the Japanese brass and scrap iron, and it makes my blood boil in the vein

Cause they made boms and shells out of it, and they dropped it on Pearl Harbor just like rain.