Text:
Did you ever-ever-ever, in your long-legged life,
See a long-legged sailor with a long-legged wife?
No I never-never-never, in my long-legged life,
Saw a long-legged sailor with a long-legged wife!
About the song: This song is a favourite with children, who, after learning the first verse, are invited to improvise texts for subsequent verses (e.g. short-nosed sailor, red-headed sailor etc.).
About the arrangement: This arrangement is purely instrumental. The calypso rhythm in the accompaniment takes up the idea of the sailor, and the melody is played by a solo viola before being played by the violins.