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 for 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