Way With Every Sailor - Comedian Harmonists

For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

He will knock you in the perch

Then he’ll leave you in the lurch

From admiral to simple whaler

He cannot resist

The bliss of being kissed!

(Oh, yes)

He will upset you

Then forget you

He loves to give the girls a treat

And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

They’re all free men

From the seaman

To the adm’ral of the fleet!

A sailor’s love is trong

But doesn’t last for long

How can a man be faithful

When sailing to Hongkong!

(When sailing to Hongkong)

He travels fast and far

From here to Zanzibar

And thousand girls are sighing

We know what sailors are!

(We know what sailors are)

They’re girls from East and West

Tattooed upon his chest:

It helps him to remember which one he loves the best!

For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

He will knock you in the perch

Then he’ll leave you in the lurch

From admiral to simple whaler

He cannot resist

The bliss of being kissed!

He will upset you

Then forget you

He loves to give the girls a treat

And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

They’re all free men

From the seaman

To the adm’ral of the fleet!

You girls who live on land

Be sure you understand

A sailor only loves, when that love is contraband!

(That love is contraband)

A wife in ev’ry port

Is his idea of sport!

That makes his life a gay one because he knows it’s short!

(Because he knows it’s short)

And so when he appears

You can be sure, my dears

He’ll show you paradise but you’re bound to end in tears!

For that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

He will knock you in the perch

Then he’ll leave you in the lurch

From admiral to simple whaler

He cannot resist

The bliss of being kissed!

He will upset you

Then forget you

He loves to give the girls a treat

And that’s the way with ev’ry sailor

They’re all free men

From the seaman

To the adm’ral of the fleet!

They’re all free men

From the seaman

To the adm’ral of the fleet!

They’re all free men

From the seaman

To the adm’ral of the fleet!