I left my heart at the stage door canteen This cute story of Army life romance by Don Cornell I left my heart at the stage door canteen I left it there with a girl named Eileen I kept her serving doughnuts 'Til all she had were gone I sat there dunking doughnuts 'Til she caught on I must go back to the Army routine And every dough boy Knows what that will mean A soldier boy without a heart Has two strikes on him from the start And my heart's at the stage door canteen