And for the sake of completeness, here is the song that cnd linked to.

Thread #36811   Message #513572
Posted By: Naemanson
24-Jul-01 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Nonsense song about being a sailor?
Subject: Lyr Add: THIRTY DIRTY SAILORS

Hi MMario, here are the words to Thirty Dirty Sailors. I think it is a Dillon Bustin song but I'll have to double check that.

THIRTY DIRTY SAILORS
(Dillon Bustin???)

My father is the captain of a sailing ship,
A whaling ship, he takes long trips,
And he asked me and my mother if we'd like to see,
Hawaii, in the Southern seas,
And I said, What would I do?
All alone on ship with Mother and you and,

Chorus:
Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales,
Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales.

My mother said to we could take a book,
A writing book is all it took,
And in it I could write a little every day
Along the way of what I had to say.
And I said, What would I do?
All alone on ship with Father and you and,

Chorus:
Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales,
Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales.

My father said to that we'd have fun indeed,
Collect seaweed, learn to read,
And listen to Hawaiian children play guitar,
Under southern stars in the oceans far.
And I said, What would I do?
All alone on ship with Mother and you and,

Chorus:
Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales,
Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales.

My mother said to me if I would rather stay down
in Edgartown I could sit around
and listen to the teachers in the public schools
memorize their rules on a straight back stool.

And I said, There'll be plenty to do!
All alone on ship with Mother and you and,

Chorus:
Thirty dirty sailors all telling me tales,
Thirty bloody sailors just a scarphing out the whales.