Collection of Irish Song Lyrics
Sailor’s Folly
Copyright: 2003
There once was a novice sailor boy
Who was three months at sea
When a port came in sight
to his hearts delight
Itâs a Sailors life for me!
For I hear thereâs rum
And frisky women
And I hear thereâs fine black porter
I will leave my mark upon this town
Now that I am off the water
Now the first young maiden in his sight
Was the finest in the town
When she saw this handsome sailor boy
She quickly lost her frown
So she primped herself right on the dock
For cleavage was her ally
And he barely looked into her eye
When she said Buy me a gown
It would be my joy my lovely maid
To relieve you from that frock
To the dress shop we ll directly go
To see what they ve in stock
But a promise you must make to me
When the hour is nine oclock
When the sun goes down so goes the gown
And then my world youâll rock!
So convenient was the shops locale
that a minute ne er did wane
And quicker still a costly twill
Was resting on her frame
You spent the bread for these new threads
That it would be so lame
letâs go to the pub to show my buds
Or I ll just go insane!
Aha He thought, the time has come
to begin the lubrication
I will spend my purse to quench her thirst
and induce intoxication.
But in the pub, here came the rub
The girl had her own bottle
And she drank enough to fill a tub
Till she began to waddle
The clock stuck nine, its showtime
A promise resurrected
But her charm her looks her willingness
Was replaced with dereliction
For the quantity of fluid drunk
Was ready for ejection
So he headed broke back to the boat
Filled with the days rejection
Off the shore for three months more
Your sailor man was reeling
Deep in a funk fell on the bunk
The fool that he was feeling
For his mates informed in the early morn
about the daughters snub
for the mother owned the dress shop
And the father owned the pub
There once was a novice sailor boy
Who is back three months at sea
a port left his sight
to his hearts delight
and a wiser man was he
For I heard theres rum
And frisky women
And I heard theres fine black porter
And I left my mark upon that town
to know the girl was drinking water!
