What Does A Sailor Care? (from "A Good Blow-Out For Four-Pence") Lyrics
What Does A Sailor Care? - Hetty King/Marie Lloyd/Rosie Lloyd/Daisy Wood
Once more ashore with pals galore
I've had a wonderful time
The storms at sea are rough but gee
They'll be some dirty work tonight
Still the storm may rage and blow
What does the sailor care
Let it hail or rain or snow
What does the sailor care
When it comes to lady loves
You'll never beat a tar
Short or tall he gets them all
Well you know what sailors are
If he's on the sea or shore
What does the sailor care
For the cannon's deadly roar
What does the sailor care
And if he's wrecked on a desert isle
Where a girls prospects are bare
Well Nelson only lost one eye
So what does a sailor care
If he meets a Frenchie maid
What does the sailor care
Though a scandal may be laid
What does the sailor care
If the pretty maiden murmurs
Comment allez vous
He says well I might do
But it all depends on you
If the Captain's first ashore
What does the sailor care
On the land there's skirts galore
What does the sailor care
When flirting with the Zulu girls
If the strings of beads they wear
Well he can easily cut the strings
What does the sailor care
If the seas run mountains high
What does the sailor care
They'll come down by and by
So what does the sailor care
If he says I'll kiss the first
Thing in a skirt I see
Well it's awkward if the first thing
Is a Scotsman from Dundee
If he knows there's rocks about
Well what does a sailor care
If a big wave knocks him out
Well what does a sailor care
And if he die and go below
And meets old Nick down there
Well he's been a stoker all his life
So What does a sailor care
We're rough we're tough
We're real hot stuff
But our hearts just long
For home sweet home
'Cos the time comes
When you get fed up with
The saucy dames
That hang around you
With their painted lips
And their snakey hips
Oh look out when they
Have their arms around you
They pinch your dough
And away they go
Till in the local clink they find you
That's the time you'll long
For your home sweet home
And the wife and kids
You've left behind you