Popeye the Sailor Man Lyrics

Popeye the Sailor Man

11/7/2023

Popeye was a popular children's cartoon created back in 1929. Do you remember that year? If so, then please share with us your knowledge in the comments.

The lyrics below are based on the tune of Popeye the Sailor Man. What version do you know?

Song Lyrics

I’m Popeye the Sailor man I live in a garbage can
I eat all the worms and spit out the germs
I’m Popeye the Sailor man

Know a different version? Then please add it in the comments below

Here are some versions that we love that have been posted in the comments section

I'm Popeye the sailor man,
I live in a garbage can.
I always go swimming
With bald-headed women,
I'm Popeye the sailor man

Popeye the Sailor Man, he lived in a garbage can
He was strong to the fin-ich, cause he ate a steady diet of spinach.
He was Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I eat all the junk and I smell like a skunk
I'm Popeye the sailor man

Popeye the sailor man lived in a caravan
He opened the door and fell through the floor
He’s Popeye the sailor man toot toot

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55 Comments

LAURA M

5/1/2017 05:10:54 pm

The original verse (from the cartoon) first showed up in 1933, with the cartoon - and Popeye would sing different additional verses based on the particular episode. That original verse is:

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.
I'm strong to the finich
Cause I eats me spinach
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

The first shown verse at the top here is what kids made up for fun.

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5/25/2022 08:02:39 pm

Popeye the sailor man i live in a frying pan i went in my car and my a$$ smells like tar im popeye the salor man

Cecil

10/30/2023 01:07:40 pm

Dude what

Jay jay

4/16/2025 10:53:40 am

I am Popeye the sailor man
I lived in gas station
I drink all dey gas and it blow my a**
I am Popeye the sailor man

Michelle P

9/11/2024 09:07:20 pm

I'm Popeye The Sailor Man
I Live In A Garbage Can
I Never Go Chasing, Bowlegged Women
For I'm Popeye The Sailor Man! 🤣

Allie

11/19/2025 07:53:51 am

I'm Popeye the sailor man,
I lives in a garbage can,
I love to go swimming
With bare naked women
I'm Popeye the sailor man

Person

3/15/2018 08:20:32 pm

Wtf

Anonymous link

8/4/2018 12:15:26 pm

This poem is so weird. You should change it. I wouldn’t recommend you let children read this poem.

Ian Robertson-Molden

11/4/2018 11:29:16 am

PERSON. . You need a Therapist

Keli

1/5/2019 09:27:15 pm

Hahahaha yes! Although when I was a kid we sang it
Popeye the sailor man (toot toot)
Lived in a garbage can (toot toot)
He turned on the heater and blew off his weiner
Popeye the sailor man (toot toot)

Victor Bergeron

11/3/2020 04:28:56 pm

I used to sing it

Popeye the sailor man
(Toot toot)
Lived in a frying pan
(Toot toot)
Turned on the gas and burnt his a**
Popeye the sailor man

Vicky

3/16/2022 06:53:04 am

Love this new in me head

Lylah

3/27/2022 08:37:32 pm

Yes but when I was a kid is was:popeye the sailor man (toot toot) lived in a garbage can (toot toot) ternd on the gass bernt off his ass popye the sailormannnnn

Charles

1/30/2023 04:47:57 am

same here out in New Mexico

Jen

5/3/2023 07:27:18 pm

Best one 🤣

Aimee

6/14/2023 01:53:50 am

Yess!!! Not crazy that these were lyrics we sang as kids! Thank you!

D R

9/25/2023 11:05:33 pm

This is the version I knew!

But instead of “blew” off his wiener we sand “burnt” off his wiener lol

Natasha

2/8/2024 06:49:40 am

Mom taught us...

Popeye the sailor man
Lived in a jar of jam
The jam was so sticky
It stuck to his dicky
Popeye the sailor man!

😜

Kas

2/13/2024 09:16:16 pm

Yaaaaaaasssss

Cree Gonzalez

4/12/2024 07:12:10 am

Yesssss this is the one I was trying to find!

Yolanda

1/17/2019 07:00:05 am

Love the one where.Popeye lives in the garbage can! Thats the version I grew up with.All the children at school sang it. I never got to know how the song ended after the carbage can part till now. I find it very funny and yuck. Jaaajaaa.

Whynot

6/6/2019 07:43:14 am

Popeye the sailor man
Lived in a trash can
Turned on the heater and blew off his weiner
Popeye the sailor man

Jacob

6/21/2019 07:21:06 am

popeye the sailor man (toot, toot) he lives in a caravan (toot,toot)

he likes to go swimming with bowlegged women

its popeye the sailor man (toot, toot)

Mary

2/27/2022 04:53:18 pm

Thank you. Was looking for a reference to this!

Dave G

1/13/2020 09:18:14 pm

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a frying pan
They turned on the gas and it burned off my ass
I'm Popeye the sailor man!

Katie D

4/28/2020 03:02:49 pm

Popeye the sailor man
He lived in a caravan
when ever he's silly he plays with his willy
Popeye the sailor man!

Steve D

9/18/2020 10:00:02 am

Im pop eye the sailor man (toot toot)
I live in a jar of jam (toot toot)
And when it gets sticky, it sticks to his dicky
Im popeye the sailor man (toot toot)

Semper V

3/27/2021 04:57:12 am

I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.
I sleeps with the chick'ns,
So's I stinks like the dick'ns.
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

SineD

7/6/2021 02:26:45 pm

Popeye the sailer man
Lives in a caravan
Lived with his granny
Tickled her fanny
Popeye the sailer man

Rosemary Robertson

1/8/2025 03:36:03 am

My naughty Scottish mother taught my kids this one while babysitting... they have never forgotten it.. and loved her for all her naughtiness.

Angel

8/7/2021 09:21:47 am

I'm popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I have an old lady with the ball headed baby
I'm pupped by the sailor man

Jordan

9/4/2021 03:46:11 pm

Im popeye the salor man i live in a frying pan i pulled up my pants and i burned up my ass im popeye the salor man

Elizabeth Holloway

9/23/2021 09:40:58 pm

Popeye the Sailor Man, he lived in a garbage can
He was strong to the fin-ich, cause he ate a steady diet of spinach.
He was Popeye the Sailor Man.

This was likely the lyrics many of my classmates at school sang the song "Popeye the Sailor Man". They would sing it in the playing field during recess.

Brutus

11/21/2021 07:22:34 am

I’m popeye the sailor man.
I live in a garbage can.
I always go swimmin’
with bald headed womin,
I’m popeye the sailor man!

And then there is granny,
swinging on the outhouse door,
without her nightie,
Waiting for the garbage man
To have a party,
Swinging on the outhouse door.

Dan

11/25/2021 01:47:25 pm

When I was a kid we sang the "frying pan/turned on the gas and I burned my a**" version that's been mentioned, and also this variant:

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I eat all the junk and I smell like a skunk
I'm Popeye the sailor man...

Leonor Jurado

1/25/2022 08:00:02 pm

Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in a garbage can
My nemesis is Bluto
He's one stinky Puto
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man lol

jason l Bowbeer

1/27/2022 05:12:24 pm

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I live in my parents van
I smoke on my pipe
And get high as a kite
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
Toot! Toot!

Popeye Fan

6/30/2023 05:01:29 am

This is my favorite get!HAHA My favorite so far!

Kookookal

2/5/2022 06:59:48 am

I'm Popeye the sailor man, I live in a green old van, oh down by the river, I eats my liver, I'm Popeye the sailor man, toot toot

Cody Johnson

12/26/2022 03:02:45 pm

It's crazy how one specific child a long time ago came up with the "...live in a garbage can" version, and from there on other children repeated it, and spread it all around the continent over generations and generations and now millions of people know it. I wonder who that one child was and when they made it up. We'll never know.

Elizabeth

1/16/2023 07:00:12 pm

I’m Popeye the sailor man,
I lives in a garage can,
I eat spinach with bald women,
Cause I’m Popeye the sailor man.

Wolley Segap

4/1/2023 12:07:27 pm

I'm Popeye the sailor man,
I live in a garbage can.
I always go swimming
With bald-headed women,
I'm Popeye the sailor man.

Popeye

6/4/2023 05:13:41 am

Popeye the sailor man lived in a caravan
He opened the door and fell through the floor
He’s popeye the sailor man toot toot

Mic Rofoon

6/16/2023 08:45:06 am

My brother used to sing it thus:

I’m Popeye the sailor man!
I lives in da garbage can!
I likes to go swimmink
Wit bald-headed wimmink--
I’m Popeye the sailor man!

He said that the “bald-headed wimmink” part refers to women wearing bathing caps in the pool.

5/9/2024 08:41:44 pm

I’m popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I slipped on the grass
And fell on my ass
I’m popeye the sailor man

Katie Donovan

8/26/2024 03:54:44 am

I'm Popeye, the Sailor Man!

I live in a frying pan!

I turned up the gas, and burned off my ass,

I'm Popeye, the Sailor Man!

11/6/2024 01:43:50 pm

Popeye's nephews (Pipeye, Poopeye, Peepeye and Pupeye) have taken over the clan:

I'm Pipeye the equestrian,
My horse was an also-ran,
It stopped to eat spinach,
So didn't win, place or finish.
I'm Pipeye the glue salesman!

I'm Poopeye the Driving man,
Raced my car in downtown Le Mans,
I get gas from my spinach
But not enough to even finish
I'm Poopeye the Pedestrian.

I'm Peepeye the abstractionist ,
I make paintings with just my fist.
What you can't make out in them,
Will leave you laughing in stitchin',
I'm Peepeye with the twist of my wrist.

I'm Pupeye the dog walker,
I think of them only as cur,
What they ate they are finished,
They fertilize your spinach,
I'm Pupeye the dog breeder.

Mike Davies

2/10/2025 03:25:54 pm

I'm Popeye the sailor man
I live in a garbage can
I loves to go swimin
With bow legged women
I'm Popeye the sailor man toot toot!

Taylor link

4/18/2025 11:46:48 am

I’m popeye sailer man I’m popeye the sailer man I live in a garbage can and l sell white shoes to women that watch blues clues I’m popeye the sailer man

4/18/2025 12:04:32 pm

I’m popeye the sailer man I’m popeye the sailer man I live in a garbage can and I go fishing in Pakistan I’m popeye the sailer man

AdamPisces

6/2/2025 09:03:04 am

You all missed the most obvious one we sang as kids:
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
Me lives in a garbage can
Me likes to go swimmin'
With bare nekkid wimmin
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
(toot toot)

Melody

6/8/2025 10:08:02 am

I’m Popeye the weirder man

I don’t really know who I am

I don’t really care

And I wear underwear

I’m popeye the weirder man

dfdfdf

8/1/2025 08:58:30 am

Tuffy the sailor dog mai hu Tuffy the sailor dog.
mai khata hu potty aur thoda sa naughty.
mai mangu botie aur chatu goti
dost he mere bhand meri gand me aadha lund
q ki mai hu tuffy the sailor dog
paw paw !!

Helen

9/18/2025 07:34:12 am

I grew up watching Popeye. The lyrics I sang along with at the beginning of every episode was
I’m Popeye the sailor man, I live in a garage can.
I’m strong to the finish cause I eat me spinach
I’m Popeye the sailor man. Toot Toot

Barbara Ross link

9/30/2025 12:09:19 pm

VERY CUTE! I’VE HEARD ALL OF THESE VERSIONS!!