Well me father often told me
When i was just a lad
A sailor's life is very hard
The food is always bad
But now i've joined the navy
I'm a porter man of war
And now i find a sailor
Ain't a sailor anymore
Don't haul on the rope
Don't claim up the moss
And if you see a sailing ship
It may be your last
Just get your cities ready
For another on a shore
A sailor ain't a sailor
Ain't a sailor anymore
Well the killer of our mess
He says we had its soft
It wasn't like that in his day
When we were up a loft
We like our bunks and sleeping by
But what's a hammock for
And swinging from the decade
Lying on the floor
Don't haul on the road
And don't climb up the mast
And if you see a sailing ship
It may be your last
Just get your cities ready
For another run ashore
A sailor ain't a sailor
Ain't a sailor anymore
They gave us an engine
A freshman up and down
And then with more technology
The engine went around
We north steam and diesels
Of what's a mean yard for
A stoker ain't a stoker
With a shovel anymore
Don't haunt on the road
And don't climb up the mast
And if you see a sailing ship
It may be your last
Just get your cities ready
For another run ashore
A sailor ain't a sailor ain't
A sailor anymore
And two cans that be redeemed
That she'll bleed a lot
And now i've got an extra one
Because they stopped the thought
So we'll put on a city clothes
And find a pop ashore
A sailor's just a sailor
Just like he was before the
Don't haul on the road
And don't climb up the mast
And if you see a sailing ship
It may be your last
Just get your cities ready
For another run ashore
A sailor ain't a sailor
Ain't a sailor anymore
Don't haul on the road
And don't climb up the mast
And if you see a sailing ship and make me last
Just get your cities ready
For another on a shore
A sailor ain't a sailor
Ain't a sailor anymore
