The old sailor sat at the window So he could watch as the ships by And he drank from a glass that was always For the of us would buy. And he would tell us tales about the ships sailed he was young and strong. And when he thought we'd heard 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 the stroke of four When a woman as as a dockside tough Came through the door. She'd up to that sailor And he'd shrink to the of a pin. And she'd and shout and as she hauled him out He'd say with a grin:
I've sailed the oceans And the stormy sea, But now me sailin's over, me boys, harbor time for me. I you call us Salt and Pepper, For an old I may be, But though she may be 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 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 made offers To him from her wrath, But each and time, he would decline, with a laugh:
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I've had my broken, Not drowned, but bone-dry. heard my name be spoken, I've spit in the eye. The sea was my mistress, Now Pepper's her. But just captain, Like my old captain's were.
And you can have your 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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