words & music by Bob Corbin

pub. by Sabal Music,(ASCAP)



Sailor Joe on the seven seas, knows all the port o'call bars

From Bangor to Capetown, Shanghai to Zanzibar

And the ladies they all love Sailor Joe,

They love his pretty blonde curls

Sailor Joe, he's a man you know,

So he loves all the native girls

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Oh, those bright lights, Caribbean nights

Drinkin' Puerto Rican rum

And the ladies, they all line the shore

Whenever the big ship comes 

Oh, those bright lights, Caribbean nights

The sailor he's a little bit drunk

And the lady in the bandana dress says,

Hey, sailor, do you wanna have fun

Sweet little Rita saw Sailor Joe, walking in the tropical night

The look in his eyes set her heart on fire, she knew it was love at first sight

Sweet little Rita and Sailor Joe, strolling along hand in hand

Down through the village, out to the sea, to make sweet love in the sand

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Sailor Joe, he don't sail no more, give up his life on the sea

To settle down in a little town and with sweet Rita get married

Pretty soon, Rita and Joe, they have themselves a son,

They named him Joseph Sanchez Miguel Jose' Daniel McMunn

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