Rob Lytle

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Blood red robin served the sailors grog
At a tavern called the Scurvy Dog
A buxom woman with flaming hair
She used her cleavage and her derriere
To make the young men fall in love
Buy her gifts and spend their pay
She'd make them laugh and she'd make them burn
Trading kisses till they sailed away

[Chorus]
And she'd say hey
Hey sailor, I'm not the marrying kind
Don't give your heart to a woman like me, a woman with a serious mind
She'd say hey

Chorus
Hey sailor, I've got plans for my life
I'll be your lover when you're in town, but I'll never be a sailor's wife

[Verse 2]
Her lover said he would settle down
Said the sea could not compete
Buy a pretty little house in town
stay with her and a love so free

He brought her books from London
She'd read to him in the dark
she'd lay her head upon his chest
and listen to his beating heart


Then she'd say:

Hey Hey sailor, I'm not the marrying kind
Don't give your heart to a woman like me, a woman with a serious mind
Hey, hey sailor, I've got plans for my life
I'll be your lover when you're in town, but I'll never be a sailor's wife

[Bridge]
Bridge
Late at night like a burning candle
They'd melt into each other
but with the dawn and the morning tide
She would say goodbye to her lover

[Chorus]
Hey, hey sailor, I'm not the marrying kind
Don't give your heart to a woman like me, a woman with a serious mind
Oh hey, hey sailor, I've got plans for my life
And I'll be your lover
when you're in town
But I'll never be a sailor's wife, oh I'll never be a sailor's wife


Hey, hey sailor, I'm not the marrying kind
Don't give your heart to a woman like me, a woman with a serious mind
Oh hey, hey sailor, I've got plans for my life
And I'll be your lover when you're in town
But I'll never be a sailor's wife,
oh I'll never be a sailor's wife