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As I was out walkin' down paradise street |
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To me way, hey, blow the man down |
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A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet |
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Give me some time to blow the man down |
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She was round in the counter and bluff in the bow |
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So I took in all sail and cried, "Way enough now" |
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I hailed her in English, she answered me clear |
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"I'm from the Black Arrow, bound to the Shakespeare" |
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So I tailed her my flipper and took her in tow |
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And yard arm to yard arm, away we did go |
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But as we were a going she said unto me |
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"There's a spankin' full rigger just ready for sea" |
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That spankin' full rigger to New York was bound |
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She was very well mannered and very well found |
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But as soon as that packet was clear of the bar |
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The mate knocked me down with the end of a spar |
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As soon as that packet was out on the sea |
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It was devilish hard treatment of every degree |
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So I give you fair warning before we belay |
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Don't never take heed of what pretty girls say |