The old sailor sat at the seat So he could watch as the ships by And he drank from a glass was always filled For the rest of us buy. And he would tell us tales about the ships that When he was 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 every day he'd spend way the stroke of four When a woman as as a dockside tough Came bursting the door. She'd up to that sailor And he'd to the size of a pin. And she'd and shout and as she hauled him out say with a sheepish grin:
I've sailed the 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 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 boys 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 spit in the eye. The sea was my mistress, Now replaced her. But another 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 instead of a spine. Sure, the old can get tough at times, But a sailor's I've been, And when a storm's about, you learn to it out, So you can once again.
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