Sailing along on the WADDELL,

no matter wherever we roam,

Everyone her on the USS WADDELL

considers WESTPAC his home.

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Take me where the hookers are friendly

and the drinking is fine

get drunk every night lordy

drinking cheap wine.

I'm sorry to say what we're leaving today

as usual the WADDELL is getting underway.

After two short years in Yokosuka

we returned to the land of the free

A half an hour before the lines were cast off

half the crew swore to be Japanese.

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We braved the cold waters off Korea

chased Russians in the Phillipine Sea

but the sweet hearts and virgins of Olongapo City

will always remain dear to me.

Well, we were pitching and rolling

we were steaming up the coast.

Oh how I got seasick, much sicker than most.

I went down to sickbay and they gave me a talk

if the ship makes you sick you’d better get out and walk.

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In Hunter’s Point California,

life there was really absurd.

Captain said don’t worry bout those muggers and snipers

just don’t call the yard workers yard birds.

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In San Francisco California

now life there was really neat.

The girls were all friendly and centralized

they all lived on Eddy Street.

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It was raining cats and dogs

Hell, we could hardly see

and there we were unreping with the old Kiwiwhiwi

As a floating service station that’s a ship that really fails

she put water in our gas and she dropped half of our mail.