A crew of rowdy sailors
were telling tall tales
Stories of women, monsters
and places they had sailed
One Said you all know boys
I've seen the whold damn world
I think it's time that I go home
and see my darling girl
Once the cargos loaded
and we're on the ebbing tide
we'll set out to sea again
and on the wind we'll ride
The next ports my home port
Where the Swallows come in flocks
I've been waiting a lifetime
To kiss my baby on the dock
Five days out at sea
It was storming pretty hard
The sailor he climbed up the mast
and went out on the arm
Ariving just in time
as the stitching started to fail
Pulling hard and bleeding some
as he furled in the sail
The sailor was a strong man
But still he lost his grip
Falling through the darkness
Hit the deck like a ton of bricks
The crew all heard him yell out
and they were all in shock
He's been waiting a lifetime
To kiss his baby on the dock
They layed him in the Focsole
and waited for the news
The sergeon sail I'm sorry son
There's nothing I can do
The Sailor said come closer
As he lifted his weary head
The crew began to gather round
and this is what he said
(spoken)
Give my mother my wadges
Jack can have my knife
Sam you take my tars
When I give up my life
(sung)
My new home is calling boys
The gates have been unlocked
My baby will be lonesome
waiting for me on the dock
My Baby will be lonesome
Waiting for me on the dock