Sailor's Delight - BZN

A dirty old shellback called Willy

And his friend little tarney McCoone

Sailed all the oceans, but now they’re back in town

They joined in with gay dog McClover

A retired fishing man, but a swank

A thorough-paced scoudrel, who just threw his weight about

Together the kings of the backstreets

Together they live just for fun

Until the end of their days

A sailor’s delight every night by the harbour

Where girls hang around with the men of the sea

Where old fishing men may tell their tall stories

Craving for gin and together they sing

A sailor’s delight every night by the harbour

Where girls hang around with the men of the sea

Where old fishing men may tell their tall stories

Craving for gin and together they sing

Froth-crested waves on the oceans

They will bring them all over the world

To live in clover with all the girls in town

They grew up with rabble and rousers

A blind-alley life on the sea

They would end on the gallows, the price of the lives they lived

Together the kings of the backstreets

Together they live just for fun

Until the end of their days

A sailor’s delight every night by the harbour

Where girls hang around with the men of the sea

Where old fishing men may tell their tall stories

Craving for gin and together they sing

A sailor’s delight every night by the harbour

Where girls hang around with the men of the sea

Where old fishing men may tell their tall stories

Craving for gin and together they sing