Whoa Sailor

Whoa Sailor - The Silhouettes

I'll tell you 'bout my night on shore

If you will lend an ear

I stepped into a cabaret to get myself a beer

A pretty girl sat all alone and needed company

But when I got close

This girl a rose this is what she said to me

Now she said "Whoa sailor

Be careful what you do

In your eye there's a gleam

And to me it seems you're just like all the rest

With a wolfish eye and a line

That's sly than a sailor's at his best"

"Now look here babe you've got me wrong

I'm not that kinda guy

I just got back from across the seas

Where there are no gals arie

Now let me talk to you a while

I'm sure you'll see my way"

But when I went to spout she turned about

This is what she had to say

Now she said "Whoa sailor

I've heard that line before

You'll look into my eyes

And tell me lies and tales of the seven seas

But a sailor's full of that kinda bull

So don't hand it to me

"Oh pretty girl you've let me down

You've broken my poor heart

And oh how it hurt

When you had to spurt that last sad remark"

I said "I think I'll have a drink

And I broke out six month's pay"

With a wide open eyes she breathed a sigh

This time she had to say

Now she said "Whoa sailor

I think you've won my heart"

Well she was right neat and she sure was sweet

But I knew she was that sort

But she's not all to blame

'Cause it's a sailor's aim to have a girl in every port