"I'm Popeye the Sailor Man..."

Cafe Society
#1

“I’m Popeye the Sailor Man;
I live in a garbage can.
<rhyming couplet>,
<rhyming couplet>.
I’m Popeye the Sailor Man.”

So what versions have you heard? I just heard the best yet:

I’m Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a garbage can.
I pee like a fountain,
and poop out a mountain.
I’m Popeye the Sailor Man.

#2

I eat all the worms
And I spit out the germs

#3

I’m Popeye the sailor man
I live in a fryin’ pan
They turned on the gas
And it burned off my ass
I’m Popeye the sailor man

I’m Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I likes to go swimmin’
with bow-legged women
And swim in between their legs

#4

I’m Popeye the Sailorman.
I live in a garbage can.
I catch all the lizards
and eat all their gizards,
I’m Popeye the Sailorman.

#5

I’m Popeye the sailor man
I live in a caravan
I sleep with me granny
and tickle her fanny
I’m Popeye the sailor man

#6

Tangent Hijack: there’s a four-DVD set of the earliest Popeye cartoons (early 1930s), and they’re a hoot.

#7

As an aside, the “garbage can” “caravan” versions started showing up in the language of school children in the 1950s.

#8

I’ve always heard it this way:

I’m Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I likes to go swimmin’
with bare naked women
I’m Popeye the sailor man

#9

You betchka! There’s also a second volume, with a third on the way next month. All three volumes together cover Popeye’s complete black-and-white filmography (1933-1942).

#10

I’m Popeye the sailor man
I live in a jar of jam
And when it gets sticky
It sticks to my dicky
I’m Popeye the sailor man.

Sung in New Zealand primary schools in the early 70’s.

#11

For us, it was always:

I love to go swimmin’
With ball-headed women…

Why Popeye enjoyed the tonsorially compromised was never explained.

–Cliffy

#12

I’m Popeye the Sailorman
I live in a caravan
There’s a hole in the middle
Where I do my piddle
I’m Popeye the Sailorman

British version from the 50s