CHORUS

I'll be a man of the land

I'll be a man of the trees

I'll be a man wherever my woman will be

I won't be any captain's mate

I won't be servant of the seas

'Cause this pretty little woman is all I need

I've been roaming all my life and now I've found a lady wife

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

Oh, I won't go sailing any more, I won't obey the ocean's call

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

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At 14 I was cabin boy to fearsome Captain Buckleroy

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

When I was sick he ordered cat o' nine until I said that I felt fine

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

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At 20 I manned our crow's nest and captain said I was the best

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

But I almost* lost my eyes to God just lookin' out for old Cape Cod

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

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At 25 no man alive could match my skill for gunnin'

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

But the captain he got drunk one night and broke** the blasted cannon

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

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Captain died at 28 and by then I was his first mate

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

Oh, they tried to give me his command but I was hungry for the land

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

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I jumped aboard at Morecambe Bay and made for Bristol down the way***

I'm staying... right here! (right here!)

Oh, I fell in love when first I saw her, Avon County's finest daughter

And now she's got me staying right here! (right here!)

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