The old sailor sat at the window So he watch as the ships went by And he drank a glass that was always filled For the rest of us buy. And he would tell us tales about the ships that he was young and strong. And when he thought we'd enough of his words He'd break into song. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.
and every day he'd spend this way Until the of four a woman as rough as a dockside tough Came through the door. stalk up to that sailor And shrink to the size of a pin. And she'd curse and shout and as she him out He'd say a sheepish grin:
I've the southern oceans And the northern sea, But now that me over, me boys, It's harbor for me. I you call us Salt and Pepper, For an old I may be, But though she may be to you, me boys, She's as sugar to me. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.
Yes, we called Salt and Pepper, For the way she was And it seemed she got as as hot As fresh red does. And a bunch of the boys made To protect him her wrath, But and every 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, I've spit in the eye. The sea was my mistress, Now replaced her. But another captain, Like my tough old were.
And you can have milquetoast ladies, I'm of old salt 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 sailor's I've been, And when a about, you learn to ride it out, So you can once again.
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