Salty Dog Blues

[Riverkeeper]

I'm not a very frequent ocean fisherman, but I do play in a bluegrass band and we do a tune that goes like this:

Standin on the corner
Hat in my hand,
Lookin for a woman ain't got no man
Honey let me be your Salty Dog

Ch: Let me be your Salty Dog
Or I won't be your man at all
Honey let me be your Salty Dog.

Some girls like chess,
Some like checkers
Some like guys with great big feet,
Honey let me be your Salty Dog.

I knew a girl,
She was willin,
Now I'm taking penicillin
Honey let me be your Salty Dog.

Salty Dog,
Salty Dog,
What in the hell's a Salty Dog
Honey let me be your Salty Dog.


Happy new year, mates.

[skein]

Oh man, Riverkeeper, you've done it now! You don't know what a desperate crew you've cornered here. Last fall we got started on limericks and I think every 'dog out there wrote at least one. Birdnest wrote 35 if I remember correctly.

Now they're all gonna wanna be blues singers and write the two-penny shuffle with a salty sound. In fact I'll start:

Gonna stand there at the Depoe
Thinkin', man, that water's cold,
Gonna stand there at the Depoe
Thinkin', man, that water's cold,
It's a long time to the summer,
And I'm feelin' pretty old.

Skein