IN PORT MANY YEARS AGO,
I BOUGHT A WATCH SO CHEAP,
WAS IN THE PORT OF LIVORNO,
A TALE OF HOW I KEEP,
TO SUNNY VALENCIA WE SAIL,
BUT DINERO IS ALL SPENT,
ASK FOR A SUB TO NO AVAIL,
BUT SOAP IN PLENTY, OFF WE WENT.
IN A BAR DRINKING RUM,
A SENORITA LOOK SO NICE,
SHE ASK IF I WANT SOME FUN,
MY WATCH WAS THE PRICE,
ON THE MORNING I WAKE UP LATE,
SHE LAY IN BED STILL ASLEEP,
I SEE MY WATCH ON A PLATE,
OUT OF HABIT I WEAR AND KEEP,
BACK ABOARD A LITTLE LATE,
I CHECK MY WATCH FOR THE TIME,
THEN MYSELF I BEGAN TO HATE,
REALISED THE WATCH WAS NO LONGER MINE.
ps, a true story from valencia in 1961, MV WANSTEAD