| For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| He will knock you in the perch
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| Then he’ll leave you in the lurch
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| From admiral to simple whaler
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| He cannot resist
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| The bliss of being kissed!
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| (Oh, yes)
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| He will upset you
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| Then forget you
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| He loves to give the girls a treat
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| And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| They’re all free men
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| From the seaman
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| To the adm’ral of the fleet!
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| A sailor’s love is trong
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| But doesn’t last for long
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| How can a man be faithful
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| When sailing to Hongkong!
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| (When sailing to Hongkong)
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| He travels fast and far
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| From here to Zanzibar
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| And thousand girls are sighing
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| We know what sailors are!
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| (We know what sailors are)
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| They’re girls from East and West
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| Tattooed upon his chest:
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| It helps him to remember which one he loves the best!
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| For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| He will knock you in the perch
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| Then he’ll leave you in the lurch
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| From admiral to simple whaler
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| He cannot resist
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| The bliss of being kissed!
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| He will upset you
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| Then forget you
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| He loves to give the girls a treat
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| And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| They’re all free men
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| From the seaman
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| To the adm’ral of the fleet!
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| You girls who live on land
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| Be sure you understand
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| A sailor only loves, when that love is contraband!
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| (That love is contraband)
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| A wife in ev’ry port
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| Is his idea of sport!
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| That makes his life a gay one because he knows it’s short!
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| (Because he knows it’s short)
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| And so when he appears
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| You can be sure, my dears
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| He’ll show you paradise but you’re bound to end in tears!
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| For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| He will knock you in the perch
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| Then he’ll leave you in the lurch
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| From admiral to simple whaler
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| He cannot resist
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| The bliss of being kissed!
|
| He will upset you
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| Then forget you
|
| He loves to give the girls a treat
|
| And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor
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| They’re all free men
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| From the seaman
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| To the adm’ral of the fleet!
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| They’re all free men
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| From the seaman
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| To the adm’ral of the fleet!
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| They’re all free men
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| From the seaman
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| To the adm’ral of the fleet! |