Now, my home's on the water, spendin' a while on land My home's on the water, spendin' a while on land I'm tryin' to find a woman that ain't got no man Says, I used to have a friend, by the name was Sam Says, I used to have a friend by the name of Sam Said, we was ragged and dirty, some called us the tramps Says, I stole my woman from my friend, they called him Sam Says, I stole my woman from my friend, they called him Sam Says, that scound'el, he got lucky, stole her back again I was raised on the desert, borned in a lion's den I was raised in the desert, borned in a lion's den Says, my chief occupation, takin' monkey men's women Says, I never had a woman, couldn't get her back again I never had a woman couldn't get her back again Says, I traveled over this country, every kind of man