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Well, me father often told me when I was just a lad A sailor's life is very hard, the food is always bad But now I've joined the navy, I'm aboard a man-o-war And now I've found a sailor ain't a sailor any more Don't haul on the rope, and don't climb up the mast And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more Well, the killick of our mess, he says we had it soft It wasn't like that in his day when he were up aloft We like our bunks and sleeping-bags, but what's a hammock for? Swinging from the deckhead or lying on the floor? Don't haul on the rope, and don't climb up the mast And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more They gave us an engine that first went up and down And then with more technology the engine went around We know our steam and diesels, but what's a mainyard for? A stoker ain't a stoker with a shovel any more Don't haul on the rope, and don't climb up the mast SongtexteAnd if you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more And two cans of beer a day, and that's your bleeding lot And now I've got an extra one because they stopped the tot So we'll put on our civvy clothes and find a pub ashore A sailor's just a sailor, just like he was before Don't haul on the rope, and don't climb up the mast And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more Don't haul on the rope, and don't climb up the mast And if you see a sailing ship it might be your last Just get your civvies ready for another run ashore A sailor ain't a sailor, ain't a sailor any more Aus Songtexte Mania