Here is a nautical record that I would like to find in better condition than what you hear at the link below. "He Was A Sailor" by Collins & Harlan - Columbia disk, 1903? The tune is also incorporated into a band recording called "Bedelia" on the early Climax label.
https://ia600202.us.archive.org/10/item ... or1903.mp3
Funny lyrics, as much as I can make out.
[announcement]
"Comic Duet
'He Was A Sailor'
by Collins & Harlan
Columbia Record"
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Bill Perkins was a sailor boy, a sailor of renown.
From morn 'til night his one delight was sailing 'round the town.
If you should go to buy a drink and William was in view,
It's safe to bet this sailor boy would sail in after you.
He was a sailor, I'm sure you will agree,
Though he never sailed upon a ship that sailed upon the sea.
He was a sailor, he knew the ropes at that,
I know he was a sailor for he wore a sailor hat.
[vocal drum imitation]
Brrrr rum bump bump! brrrr rum bump bump!
Bill Perkins was a sailor lad, he knew his little book.
His arms are full of freckles and he had a dandy hook.
He had a ship upon his chest and men that do despair,
And all the girls that used to rave about his wavy hair.
He was a sailor, a sailor true and tried,
And every morning early he would sail on with the tide.
He was a sailor, who never ventured far,
He used to pilot schooners while they sailed across the bar.
Brrrr rum bump bump! brrrr rum bump bump!
Bill Perkins was a sailor boy, a sailor with a past.
He proved he was a sailor, for he wore his pants half mast.
Upon the briny open sea, he never had a ride,
And the only water that he ever saw was on the side.
He was a sailor, his bills he wouldn't pay,
He'd board with you a month or two and quickly sail away.
He was a sailor, with a sailor's pedigree,
But the only barque he ever saw was on a cherry tree.
Brrrr rum bump bump! brrrr rum bump bump!
Bill Perkins was a sailor lad, with me you must agree.
One day while walking down the street, he sailed right into me.
He always paid for lobsters when he went out on a lark,
And every one that knew him said that William was a shark.
He was a sailor, and he was not in pain,
Though I've been told that William once had water on the brain.
He was a sailor, a sailor hard to beat,
I know he was sailor by the tugboats on his feet.
