 Met her down in Madagascar, she would kiss me Anytime that I would ask her, then one evening Her flame of love blew out Blow me down and pick me up, she'd swap me for a trout Got a whale of a tale to tell you, lads, a whale of a tale or two About the flapping fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo