The old sat at the window seat So he could as the ships went by And he from a glass that was always filled For the of us would buy. And he would tell us tales about the ships sailed he was young and strong. And when he we'd heard 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.
Each and day he'd spend this way the stroke of four When a as rough as a dockside tough Came bursting the door. She'd stalk up to that And he'd shrink to the of a pin. And she'd curse and and as she hauled him out He'd say a sheepish grin:
I've sailed the oceans And the northern sea, But now that me over, me boys, It's time 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 as sugar to me. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.
Yes, we called them and Pepper, For the way she was And it seemed she got as as hot As red pepper does. And a of the boys 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. heard my name be spoken, I've spit in the eye. The sea was my mistress, Now Pepper's her. But another captain, my tough old captain's were.
And you can your milquetoast ladies, I'm of old salt 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 what I've been, And when a storm's about, you learn to it out, So you can sail again.
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