The old sailor sat at the seat So he could watch as the went by And he from a glass that was always filled For the of us would buy. And he would us tales about the ships that sailed When he was and strong. And when he thought heard enough of his words break into this 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 as rough as a dockside tough Came bursting the door. stalk up to that sailor And shrink to the size of a pin. And she'd curse and shout and as she him out say with a sheepish grin:
I've sailed the southern And the northern sea, But now that me over, me boys, It's time for me. I you call 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 boys made To protect him her wrath, But each and every time, he decline, Declaring a laugh:
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had my body broken, Not drowned, but bone-dry. I've my name be spoken, spit in the Devil's 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 made of old 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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