The old sat at the window seat So he could watch as the went by And he drank from a that was always filled For the of us would buy. And he would us tales about the ships that sailed he was young and strong. And when he thought we'd heard of his words He'd break 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 the stroke of four When a woman as rough as a dockside bursting through the door. She'd stalk up to that And he'd shrink to the of a pin. And she'd and shout and as she hauled him out say with a sheepish grin:
I've the southern oceans And the northern sea, But now me sailin's 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 Salt and Pepper, For the way she was And it she got as least as hot As fresh red does. And a of the boys made offers To protect him her wrath, But each and every time, he 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 spit in the eye. The sea was my mistress, Now Pepper's her. But just captain, Like my tough old 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 girl can get 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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