The old sailor sat at the window So he watch as the ships went by And he drank from a glass that was always For the rest of us buy. And he would tell us tales about the ships that he was young and strong. And when he we'd heard enough of his words He'd into this 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 Until the of four When a woman as rough as a dockside 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 a sheepish grin:
I've sailed the southern 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, 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 them 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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had my body broken, Not drowned, but bone-dry. I've heard my 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 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 can get tough at times, But a sailor's what been, And when a storm's about, you to ride it out, So you can sail again.
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