As I was a-walkin’ down Paradise Street, To me!

Way, hey, blow the man down

A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet

Give me some time to blow the man down

She was round in the corner and bluff in the bow…

So I took in all sail and cried “Way enough now”…

I threw out my hawser and took her in tow

And yardarm to yardarm away did we go

She said to me “Sir, will you stand the treat?”

“Delighted,” says I, “for a charmer so sweet”

It was up in her quarters she piped me aboard

And there on her bed I cut loose with my sword

But just as my cutter was forging ahead

She shouted “My husband!” and jumped out of bed

He was seven feet tall, had a chest like a horse

And right for my jawbone he plotted his course

He loosened my rigging, he kicked me in stays

I flew down the stairs like a ship on the way

I chanced on a packet that happened on by

And when I awoke I was bound for Shanghai

So I’ll give you fair warning before we belay

Don’t ever take heed of what pretty girls say