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I Only Speak Portuguese

Lời bài hát I Only Speak Portuguese của Nic Jones

Intro Verse 1 My Name's José Luís Santini A Cooper's Boy, Proud Portuguese Shanghaied By An American Whaler Bound Down For The Southern Seas Verse 2 But I Could Not Speak Their Language And I Was Beaten Mercilessly And At Cable Bay I Slipped Over The Side Bade Farewell To The Ship And The Sea Verse 3 Taken In And Sheltered By The Maori The Chieftain Took Pity On Me And I Fell In Love With His Beautiful Daughter And I Knew In My Hеart She Loved Me Verse 4 For Thе Heart Knows Only One Language That The Eyes Alone Speak With Ease Though She Could Only Speak Maori And I Only Spoke Portuguese Instrumental Verse 5 It's Fifty-Six Years We've Been Lovers And It Seems Like Just Yesterday And It's Twenty-One Children She Bore Me No Man More Contented Today Verse 6 But If I Had The Wings Of A Tui I Would Sing From The Highest Of Trees She Still Only Speaks Maori And I Only Speak Portuguese Instrumental Outro She Still Only Speaks Maori And I Only Speak Portuguese