Navy Blue

Album: Navy Blue (1964)
Charted: 6
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  • Blue, navy blue, I'm as blue as I can be
    'Cause my steady boy said "Ship ahoy"
    And joined the Nay-ee-ay-vee

    He said he wanted to settle down
    And let me be his girl
    But first he had to do a little travelin' around
    And see the whole wide world

    That's why I'm
    Blue, navy blue, I'm as blue as I can be
    'Cause my steady boy said "Ship ahoy"
    And joined the Nay-ee-ay-vee

    I got a letter yesterday from Tokyo
    And a souvenir
    A walky-talky wind-up little China doll
    That says "Wish you were here"

    Blue, navy blue, I'm as blue as I can be
    'Cause my steady boy said "Ship ahoy"
    And joined the Nay-ee-ay-vee

    He's comin' home to see me on a weekend pass
    A forty-eight hour day-ate
    That boat he's sailin' on just better get here fast
    'Cause I can hardly wait

    Till then I'm
    Blue, navy blue, I'm as blue as I can be
    'Cause my steady boy said "Ship ahoy"
    And joined the Nay-ee-ay-vee

    Ah-ahhhhhh
    "Blue, navy blue, I'm as blue as I can be"

    Ah-ahhhhhh
    Writer/s: BOB CREWE, BUD REHAK, EDWARD FLURI
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn this day in 1964 (January 19th) "Navy Blue" by Diane Renay entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; and on March 8th it peaked at #6 (for 2 weeks) and spent 12 weeks on the Top 100 (and 5 of those 12 weeks were on the Top 10)...
    Her only other Top 100 record also had a naval theme, "Kiss Me Sailor", it entered the Top 100 on March 29th, 1964 and reached #29 on May 10th and stayed in the Top 100 for 8 weeks...
    "Navy Blue" reached #1 (for 1 week) on March 15th, 1964 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart...
    Ms. Renay, born Renee Diane Kushner, will celebrate her 69th birthday in six months on July 13th...
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