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I have sailed the mighty Oceans

Weathered many a raging storm

I have seen so many places

Not a one of them my home

I have served on ships of battle

Helped to feed the cannons roar

Watched the fallen slide forever

Through the sea to ocean floor

I've seen the red of flowing lava

I've seen the ice break on our bow

I've seen Fakirs do their magic

To this day I don't know how

I have been in Bhuddist temples

Saw old tribesmen paint their face

Saw more war in parts of Asia

I was glad to leave that place

I've shook with fever from Malaria

I've also frozen in the night

When an icefloe broke our mooring

And I yearned for morning light

In bars from here to other places

I've been drunk,and laughed,and fought

Yes,I've truly been a Sailor

And it's the world that I've been taught