The old sailor sat at the seat So he could watch as the ships by And he drank from a that was always filled For the rest of us buy. And he would tell us tales the ships that sailed he was young and strong. And he thought 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 woman as rough as a dockside bursting through the door. She'd up to that sailor And he'd to the size of a pin. And she'd curse and shout and as she him out He'd say with a grin:
I've the southern oceans And the northern sea, But now that me over, me boys, It's time for me. I know you 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 red pepper does. And a bunch of the made offers To him from her wrath, But and every time, he would decline, with a laugh:
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I've had my broken, Not drowned, but bone-dry. I've heard my be spoken, I've in the Devil's eye. The sea was my mistress, Now Pepper's her. But another captain, Like my tough old 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 I've been, And a storm's about, you learn to ride it out, So you can sail again.
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