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New York Girls
As sung by Captain Jesse Schaffer |
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Now shipmates listen
unto me, I'll tell you with my song,
Of the things that happened to me, when I
come home from Hong Kong.
Then away you Santy, my dear Annie,
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the
polka.
As I walked down beside the docks, a fair
maid I did meet.
She asked me for to see her home, and she
lived on Bleecker Street.
Says I my dear young lady, I'm a stranger
here in town,
Left my ship just yesterday, and for Boston
I am bound.
Says she if you'll come with me, then you
will have a treat,
For you shall have some brandy, and
something nice to eat.
When we got down to Bleecker Street, we
stopped at forty-four,
An' there her twenty sisters were waiting at
the door.
They gave me wine that tasted fine, but it
went right to my head,
Then they threw their clothes away, and they
carried me to bed.
When I awoke next morning, I had an aching
head.
My clothes and all money, and my lady
friends had left.
Lord, I don't miss the money, as some other
sailors might,
But I wish I could remember, if I had some
fun that night. |
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