Polly on the Shore

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly

She’s your Polly on the shore

She was used, she was abused, she never knew she was a victim

Her drunken father's pleasure before she was half grown

Her Ma ignored and she endured until one night in anger

She broke the bottle on his head, launched out on her own

So you can think that she's your Polly on the shore

She'll be your mother or your sister or your whore

She'll be waving til you're safely out of view

Then she's looking for another sailor gullible as you

She headed down to Sailor Town, began her education

But Polly knew the only way to win was fighting back

She learned the ropes and fleeced the dopes and dreamed above her station

She kept half of everything she ever stole from Jack

So you can think that she's your Polly on the shore

She'll be your mother or your sister or your whore

She'll be waving til you're safely out of view

Then she's looking for another sailor gullible as you

When the crimp said her Ma was dead, she wished she could have cried

As rumours of her drunken murder spread to Sailor Town

But Pa went free with drunken glee, so Polly had him Shanghaied

He woke up on a hell ship, Yokohama bound

So you can think that she's your Polly on the shore

She'll be your mother or your sister or your whore

She'll be waving til you're safely out of view

Then she's looking for another sailor gullible as you

Now Polly dines with finest wine, she is quite the lady

She owns almost everything in dirty Sailor Town

Polly hires and Polly fires and Polly says what may be

Oh, but maybe Polly can't forget enough to settle down

So you can think that she's your Polly on the shore

She'll be your mother or your sister or your whore

She'll be waving til you're safely out of view

Then she's looking for another sailor gullible as you

So you can think that she's your Polly on the shore

She'll be your mother or your sister or your whore

She'll be waving til you're safely out of view

Then she's looking for a sailor, coastal fisherman or whaler

Looking for another sailor gullible as you