Oh, Jimmy Doolittle flew over the seas.
He wanted to nip at the Niponese.
Cleared a cloud and looked below;
Said, "By golly! There's Tokyo!"

Oh Jimmy Doolittle, he understood.
He dood his duty, and he dood it good.
Somewhere Jimmy had heard it said,
"Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!
Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!
Damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead!"

In love or war, with people like us,
We've got to work fast, or we'll miss the bus.
If you straddle the fence, and you sit and wait,
You'll get too little and you'll get it too late.

What do you say we see it through?
You stick by me, and I'll stick by you.
And our eighteen children will be glad we said,
"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"