‘Keyhole in the Door’

Ahoy, Shipmate! Come aboard and lend an ear to as lusty a broadside of sea shanties as ever warmed the briny deep…

                                      

I had just come home and I took a room,

I was all settled down to recline,

When I saw a delectable maid go by,

To the room next door to mine

Like the bold Columbus then,

I set out to explore,

And I took up my position by

The keyhole on the door...

Chorus:

The keyhole in the door,

My boys, the keyhole in the door

took up my position

By the keyhole in the door...

She first took off her slippers,

Her dainty feet to show,

And then she took her panties off

And revealed her so-and-so,

And when she stretched out on her bed,

I couldn't stand no more,

It was one, two, three, I turned the key

In the keyhole in the door…

She didn't say a single word.

But she took me in her arms,

And pretty soon I was much engaged,

In charting all her charms

But just in case some other sailor

`D see the sights I saw,

I hung my trousers right above

The keyhole in the door…

That night I rode in glorious style,

And other things besides,

And on her lily white stomach, Boys,

I had such lovely rides

But when I woke next morning, Boys,

My instrument was sore

As if I had been using it

On the keyhole in the door…

Be warned by this, young sailormen

And listen unto me,

What I caught then, no fishermen

Have ever caught at sea

Beware the pox, the hidden rocks,

That lie in wait ashore,

It's safer far to bend your spar

In the keyhole in the door…