The old sat at the window seat So he could 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 the ships that sailed When he was and strong. And when he thought we'd heard 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 every day he'd this way the stroke of four When a woman as as a dockside tough Came through the door. stalk up to that sailor And he'd shrink to the of a pin. And curse and shout and as she hauled him out He'd say with a grin:
I've the southern oceans And the stormy sea, But now that me 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, She's sweet as 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 she got as least as hot As red pepper does. And a bunch of the made offers To protect him 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. heard my name be spoken, I've in the Devil's eye. The sea was my mistress, Now replaced her. But another captain, my tough old captain's were.
And you can have 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 sailor's what been, And when a about, you learn to ride it out, So you can once again.
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