„Who’s that knocking at my door?
Who’s that knocking at my door?“
Said the fair young maiden.
It’s only me from over the sea,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
My ass is tight, my temper´s raw,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
I’m so wound up I’m afraid to stop,
I’m looking for meat or I’m going to pop,
A rag, a bone with a cherry on top,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll come down and let you in,
I’ll come down and let you in,
Said the fair young maiden.
Well, hurry before I bust the door,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’m hard to windward and hard a-lee,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
I’ve newly come upon the shore,
And this is what I’m looking for,
A jade, a maid, or even a whore,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Oh, your whiskers scrape my cheeks,
Oh, your whiskers scrape my cheeks,
Said the fair young maiden.
I’m dirty and lousy and full of fleas,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ll stick my mast in whom I please,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
My flowing whiskers give me class,
The sea horses ate them instead of grass,
If they hurt your cheeks, they’ll tickle your ass,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Tell me that we’ll soon be wed
Tell me that we’ll soon be wed
Said the fair young maiden.
You foolish girl, it’s nothing but sport,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
I’ve got me a wife in every port,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
Off I go on another tack
To give some other fair maid a crack,
But keep it oiled till I come back,
Says Barnacle Bill the Sailor
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Das Lied geht zurück auf den Shanty : Abraham Brown the Sailor. Dieser wiederum hat starke Bezüge zu dem Dialog zwischen der alten Schwiegermutter und der jungen Frau, die zurückgeht auf das 16. Jahrhundert. „Wo wollt ihr das Bett hernehmen? (Schwiegertochter Schwiegermutter)“
Derb erotisches Männerlied – Hurenlied