SAILORS
When I am grown to be a man
I'll be a sailor if I can;
For sailors, everywhere they roam
Are sure to find a welcome home.
They sail upon the many seas
We learn of in Geographies,
And steer their ship by sun and star
From Vera Cruz to Zanzibar.
They visit Chili and Japan,
And Guyaquil and Yucatan,
And they have friends in Martinique
And relatives in Mozambique.
And all about the world they sail
In wind and storm and mighty gale,
So they can tell the tales they do
That children love to listen to.
And so when I am grown a man
I'll be a sailor, if I can,
And sail upon the many seas
We learn of in Geographies.
