The old sailor sat at the seat So he could watch as the went by And he drank from a glass was always filled For the rest of us buy. And he tell us tales about the ships that sailed he was young and strong. And he thought we'd heard enough of his words break into this song. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.
Each and every day he'd spend way Until the of four When a woman as rough as a dockside Came through the door. She'd up to that sailor And he'd shrink to the of a pin. And she'd curse and shout and as she him out say with a sheepish grin:
I've sailed the southern And the northern sea, But now that me over, me boys, It's harbor for me. I know you call us and Pepper, For an old I may be, But she may be pepper to you, me boys, She's sweet as to me. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.
Yes, we them Salt and Pepper, For the way she was And it seemed she got as as hot As red pepper does. And a bunch of the made offers To protect him her wrath, But each and time, he would decline, Declaring with a
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I've had my broken, Not drowned, but bone-dry. I've my name be spoken, spit in the Devil's eye. The sea was my mistress, Now Pepper's her. But another captain, my tough old captain's were.
And you can have your ladies, I'm made of old brine, And the gal you saw had in her craw, Not a lace of a spine. Sure, the old girl can get at times, But a what I've been, And when a storm's about, you learn to it out, So you can sail again.
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