Lyr Req: Whoa Sailor (Hank Thompson)

Subject: Whoa Sailor
From: George
Date: 17 Jun 99 - 04:45 PM

Anybody have the words to Hank Thompsons "Whoa Sailor"?

Subject: Lyr Add: WHOA SAILOR (Hank Thompson)
From: Gene
Date: 18 Jun 99 - 12:46 AM

A GOLDEN OLDIE by a COUNTRY GREAT...
WHOA! SAILOR
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Words and music by Hank Thompson

I'll tell you about my night on shore
If you will lend an ear
I stepped into a cabaret
To get myself a beer
A pretty girl sat alone
And needed company
But when I got close, this girl arose
This is what she said to me.

Now, She said: "Whoa! Sailor!"
Be careful what you do
In your eye'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
Then a sailor's at his best.

Now look here, babe, you've got me wrong
I'm not that kind of guy
Why I just got back from across the sea
Where there are no girls arrive
Now, let me talk to you awhile
I'm sure you'll see my way
But when I went to spout, she turned about
This is what she had to say.

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 kind of 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 months pay
With a wide-open eye, she breathed a sigh
This time she had to say.

Now, She said: "Oh! 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
She's not all to blame, 'cause it's a sailor's aim
To have a girl in ev'ry port..

SOURCE: Hank Thompson's All-Time Hits
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