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Sugar and spice, tastes of paradise I long to roam far from home A life at sea - that's the life for me Starboard starlight each and every night I saw three ships a-sailing Upon the ocean blue Bringing bells from Burma, beans from Lima And tin from Timbuktu Oh, heave-ho, anchors a-way we go I swear on all the tea in China that There could be nothing finer than Riding the breeze over the seven seas I'll sail with her, aye aye sir She's tall she's broad, gen'rous of plank and board Farewell to shore We're bound for Singapore Got a Madagascan monkey and a Polynesian bird Got a headful of the strangest things you ever heard White whales, tall tales, mermaid's fingernails A life at sea, that's the life for me Aus Songtexte Mania