I Popped Out    

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com               

I used to be a sailor, I sailed upon the sea,

And when I was at home my wife was very good to me,

But I commenced to worry and to wonder what she'd do,

When I was off a-sailing out upon the ocean blue

   What if I popped out and I caught her unawares,

   Popped out sudden from the cupboard in the stairs,

   Popped out, popped up  and took her by surprise,

   Sometimes me boys it's better to be ignorant than wise

I kissed me wife goodbye and told her I was bound to sail

Upon a Yankee whaling ship they called the Horse's Tail

I told her I'd return again in six months or a year

Then I hid myself beneath the stairs to see what should appear

If I popped out and I caught her unawares

Popped out sudden from the cupboard in the stairs

Popped out, popped up, popped aloft to see

If my little wife was mis-rable and lonely without me

Well, first there came the cabin boy, and then there came the cook

She had them by appointment in a red appointment book

The bosun piped himself aboard, and played a merry tune

And last there came the captain with his bloody great harpoon

Then I popped out and I caught them unawares

Popped out sudden from the cupboard in the stairs

Popped out, popped up, and popped them out the door

And I vowed an oath I never would go sailing any more

Now let this be a warning to all you jolly tars

Who leave your wives at home to go off sailing near and far

Myself, I'm a greengrocer now, my flat's above me shop

And any time I have the chance it's up the stairs I pop

Yes I pop up and I catch her unawares,

I pop her in the parlor and I pop her on the stairs

Pop in, pop out, and pop back to the till

And you can take your bloody sailing ships, and pop them where you will

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com