The old sailor sat at the seat So he could as the ships went by And he drank from a glass was always filled For the of us would 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 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 bursting through the door. She'd stalk up to that And he'd to the size of a pin. And curse and shout and as she hauled him out He'd say with a sheepish
I've sailed the oceans And the stormy 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 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 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, 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 in the Devil's 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 can get tough at times, But a sailor's what been, And when a storm's about, you learn to it out, So you can once again.
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