Oh shipmates if you you’ll listen to me I’ll tell you in my song
Of things that lately happened when I come home from Hong Kong

As I walked down beside the dock, a fair maid I did meet
She asked me for to see her home, and she lived on Bleecker Street
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Says I, "My dear young lady, I’m a stranger here in town,
I left my ship just yesterday and for Boston I am bound"
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Says she, "Well come along with me and you shall have a treat,
For you shall have some brandy, dear, and something good to eat"
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When we got down to Bleecker Street we stopped at 44
Her twenty so-called "sisters" was awaiting at the door
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They gave me wine, it tasted fine, but it went right to my head
Then they threw their clothes away and they carried me to bed
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When I awoke next morning, all naked in the dawn
My clothes and all my money and them lady friends was gone
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Now I don’t miss the money as some other sailors might,
But I wish I could remember if I had some fun that night!
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