# Singing sailors in movies

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 20, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-sailors-in-movies/369492 "2006-08-20T21:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-sailors-in-movies/369492/21 "2006-08-21T20:58:36Z")

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Not the Navy, but sailor Kirk Douglas sings “Whale of a Tale” in **20,000 Leagues Under the Sea**

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-sailors-in-movies/369492/22 "2006-08-21T21:21:51Z")

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The crew of the German U-boat in **Das Boot** sang, oddly enough, _It’s a Long Way to Tipperary_.

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-sailors-in-movies/369492/23 "2006-08-22T00:17:09Z")

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_Shave his belly with a rusty Razor,  
Shave his belly with a rusty Razor,  
Shave his belly with a rusty Razor,  
Earl-eye in the morning_

Of course while not all drunken sailors sing, most singing sailors are drunk.

Jim {As a Navy Sailer, we use to break into Roxanne, Stairway to Heaven or Beatles, now as a wooden boat sailor we actually break into Sea Shanties.}

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singing-sailors-in-movies/369492/24 "2006-08-22T00:18:53Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Well, then, damn, there goes _Follow the Fleet_ and _On the Town_.

And _H.M.S. Pinafore!_ And the Disney _Peter Pan!_

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