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A Sailor Needs A Boat (feat. The Salty Wailers)

from Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s and Today! by Wellington Sea Shanty Society

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A sailor needs a boat
A sailor needs a beer
I’m on the hunt for both
The bloody cost of living here!

Hey ho with the sand as a pillow
Curse your sails as they billow.
Hey ho I’m a hard working fellow
Land locked with an eye on the morrow!

Taught me all I know
The great majestic sea
But look at what I got to show
Look at what’s become of me

Done a stint across the ditch
Cap’n drove us to the brink
t’was us who made the bastard rich
I’d love to push him in the drink

I’ll tell you bout a dream I have
Where I can stay afloat
In it I’m a jolly lad
Then I wake up in his moat.

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from Sea Shanties of the 70s, 80s and Today!, released August 30, 2022

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