FISHERMEN AND SAILORS

JOHN ANDERSON AS NELLIGAN THE PELIGUIN


OFF THE COAST OF COCO KEY THE WIND WAS BLOWING WEST
WHEN I CRASHED ON TO A SAILING SHIP AND ASKED IF I COULD REST
I WAS ALL WORN OUT AND MY LEG WAS BROKE NOT A FEATHER ON MY CHEST
SO I MADE ME A BED IN THE FORWARD HEAD AND I USED IT AS A NEST

I SAID MY NAME WAS NELLIGAN AND I CAME FROM EMERALD ISLE
I WAS JUST A SIMPLE PELIGUIN WHO ALWAYS HAD A SMILE
I HAD LEFT MY HOME FOR THE WORLD TO ROAM WHICH LEFT ME IN THIS STATE
OF DISREPAIR AND SAD DESPAIR I'M SURE YOU CAN RELATE

FISHERMEN AND SAILORS SPIN THE BIGGEST YARNS
WITH FISH AS BIG AS ELEPHANTS AND WAVES AS BIG AS BARNS
WHEN THIS PELIGUIN GETS WELL AGAIN I'LL BE A LUCKY CHARM
FISHERMEN AND SAILORS SPIN THE BIGGEST YARNS

THE SKIPPER TOLD ME STORIES THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR HAIR STAND STRAIGHT
OF FISHERMEN IN DORIES THAT USED THEMSELVES AS BAIT
AND MERMAIDS THAT LURED CAPTAINS INTO A FEARFUL FATE
AND HE TOLD ME SOME THAT WERE LOTS OF FUN BUT THESE WILL HAVE TO WAIT
br> I TOLD HIM 'BOUT A FISH I MET THAT LONGED TO SEE THE SKY
SO I LET HIM HANG ON TO MY TAIL AND I TAUGHT HIM HOW TO FLY
THEN I ASKED THE SKIPPER FOR A DRINK AND HE REALLY COULDN'T LIE
SO HE POURED ME SOME JAMAICAN RUM AND I DRANK THE BOTTLE DRY

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY LIES JUST AROUND THE BEND
NO WALRUSES OR CARPENTERS OR THIS WILL NEVER END
I'D COAX A HOAX AND A BUNCH OF JOKES WITH STRIES THAT I SEND
IF YOU'RE GONNA LIE HAVE AN ALIBI AND A REALLY TRUSTED FRIEND

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