The old sailor sat at the seat So he watch as the ships went by And he drank from a glass that was always For the rest of us buy. And he would tell us tales about the that sailed When he was and strong. And when he thought we'd heard enough of his 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 spend this way Until the stroke of a woman as rough as a dockside tough Came through the door. She'd stalk up to sailor And shrink to the size of a pin. And she'd curse and and as she hauled him out He'd say with a grin:
I've sailed the southern And the stormy sea, But now me sailin's 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, sweet as sugar 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 she got as least as hot As fresh red does. And a bunch of the made offers To protect him her wrath, But each and every time, he decline, Declaring with a
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had my body 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 made of old brine, And the gal you saw had in her craw, Not a instead of a spine. Sure, the old girl can get at times, But a sailor's what been, And when a about, you learn to ride it out, So you can sail again.
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