"It’s Raining, It’s Pouring" It’s raining, it’s pouring The old man is snoring He bumped his head And went to bed And didn’t get up till morning. Shivers 'me Timbers truth be told tune's like old day had grew night he knew possibles here unfolds. I'm Popeye the sailor man fought Brutus a former friend was sent up the Big House and fought with a Big Mouth he ate all hamburgers then ran I'm Popeye the sailor man got lost in the jailhouse can I flushed myself down I'm the new man in town I think I'm now in Japan I'm Popeye the sailor man lookin for food in this land asked a theater house they had a Bigger Mouth Kabuk got spooked and he ran I'm Popeye American at food house saw Kabuk man before I could get 'im he ate all the saimin and then he ran off to San Fran I'm Popeye American hungriest man in Japan got a bowl of seafood that stood and walked for good still hungriest man in Japan I'm Popeye kabuki man I'm lean like a boogeyman my muscles turned mussels mid chopstick smiles--hustled so quick boards I on sampan I'm Popeye the kidnapped man got Shanghai up to Thailand there I met King Kong who took me to Hong Kong to ship's dock fast as I can we passed the Meridian we dropped anchor in ocean as history stood still herstory went on till mid BC & AD timespan the ship I was travelin I met this young Hawaiian his grandpa's Maori and grandma's Tahiti he called me the comeback kid home, my yard--friend waterin' said he changed my Tax Map Key helped him up he'd told me he'll fix things be golden then showed news I'm lost at sea I'm Popeye invisible I will change impossible and I'll be a name-changer from Popeye the sailor to Eyes-to-die-for the yachtsman.
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