Louis Jordan - Barnacle Bill The Sailor Lyrics

Lyrics Barnacle Bill The Sailor - Louis Jordan



Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Who's that knocking at my door?
Said the fair young maiden!
Well, it's only me from over the sea,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor,
I'm all lit up like a Christmas tree,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
I'll sail the sea until I croak,
Drink my whiskey, swear, and smoke,
But I can't swim a bloody stroke,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
Tell me when we soon shall wed,
Tell me when we soon shall wed,
Tell me when we soon shall wed,
Said the fair young maiden.
Uh-uh!
I got me a wife in every port,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
The handsome gals is what I court,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
With my false heart and flattering tongue
I courts 'em all both old and young,
I courts 'em all, but marries none,
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor.
So good-bye,
Good-bye,
So long, toots,
I'll see you again!



Writer(s): Frank Luther, Carson Robison


Louis Jordan - Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll - The Anthology 1938-1953

1 Barnacle Bill The Sailor
2 Doug the Jitterbug
3 At the Swing Cat's Ball
4 Honeysuckle Rose
5 The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
6 Pan-Pan
7 Saxa-Woogie
8 Boogie Woogie Came to Town
9 Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
10 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
11 What's the Use of Gettin' Sober?
12 I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
13 Five Guys Named Moe
14 Ration Blues
15 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
16 Mop! Mop!
17 G.I. Jive
18 Buzz Me Blues
19 Caldonia
20 Salt Pork, W. Va.
21 Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
22 Stone Cold Dead in the Market
23 Beware
24 Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
25 Ain't That just Like A Woman
26 Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens (1946 Single Version)
27 Let the Good Times Roll (1946 Single Version)
28 Texas And Pacific
29 Jack, You're Dead
30 Open The Door Richard
31 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
32 Beans And Cornbread
33 Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1 & 2
34 Blue Light Boogie, Pts. 1 & 2
35 (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
36 Teardrops From My Eyes
37 Louisville Lodge Meeting
38 Bone Dry
39 Fat Sam From Birmingham
40 Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
41 Slow Down
42 Never Trust a Woman
43 Junco Partner
44 I Want You To Be My Baby




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