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A Salty Dog Lyrics
All hands on deck
We've run afloat
I heard the captain cry
Explore the ship
Replace the cook
Let no one leave alive
Across the straits
Around the horn
How far can sailors fly
A twisted path
Our tortured course
And no one left alive
We sailed for parts
Unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak
No fortress bold
Could match our captain's eye
Upon the seventh sea sick day
We made our port of call
A sand so white
And seas so blue
No mortal place at all
We fired the gun
And burned the mast
And towed from ship to shore
The captain cried
We sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons
And many Junes
Have passed since we made land
A salty dog
A salty dog
This seaman's log
You witness, my own hand
We've run afloat
I heard the captain cry
Explore the ship
Replace the cook
Let no one leave alive
Across the straits
Around the horn
How far can sailors fly
A twisted path
Our tortured course
And no one left alive
Unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak
No fortress bold
Could match our captain's eye
We made our port of call
A sand so white
And seas so blue
No mortal place at all
And burned the mast
And towed from ship to shore
The captain cried
We sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons
And many Junes
Have passed since we made land
A salty dog
A salty dog
This seaman's log
You witness, my own hand
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