| I’ve got to check up on my baby, yeah | 
| I’ve got to see how my baby been gettin along | 
| But I’ve got to go an check up on my baby | 
| I’ve got to see how my baby been gettin 'long | 
| Now an I’m goin an fightin' now for our country | 
| We gotta keep Mussolini from treatin' my baby wrong | 
| 'Mussolini got scared an cut out, didn’t he?' | 
| Now, don’t ya know what Hitler told President Roosevelt? | 
| Said we made the bad design plan, worry on | 
| Oh President Roosevelt, I think they’re tellin' a lie | 
| Brother, so we gotta have a plan that’s built up like a squirrel | 
| An I’ll send my boys to check up on their baby, yeah | 
| A-my boys must see how there baby doin', gettin' along | 
| He said, 'You help me win this war | 
| Gotta keep Hitler from treatin' yo' baby wrong | 
| Now don’t you know my baby, she can’t even write | 
| No, my baby can’t even a-send no telegram | 
| I’ve got to check up on my baby | 
| I know my baby wanna, a-know just where I am | 
| Now I’ve got to go check up on my baby, now | 
| I’ve got to see how my baby been gettin' along | 
| Well now, we’ve just got to win this war | 
| I swear because they don’t mean my baby, no harm | 
| 'Oh yeah!' | 
| Well now, an I’ve got som’thin to tell you, baby | 
| That I know that you really, really can’t do | 
| I know you can’t love me | 
| An you wanna a-love some other man, too | 
| But I’ve got to go an check up on you, baby | 
| I’ve got to see baby, how you been gettin 'long | 
| Well now, an if you help me, baby | 
| I swear I will never do you no harm |