It's locally famous as the place run by a former showgirl for lonely sailors.

This comes from a legend about their discovery, involving lonely sailors mistaking them for mermaids.

The Lady Sefa just made port, and we lonely sailors thought we should have some company for the night.

People like thinking about the romance of a gray-bearded lightkeeper climbing the lighthouse stairs to light a beacon for lonely sailors.

He encounters other lonely sailors, including some with a striking literary bent.

I'm just a lonely sailor.

Just a reminder to lonely sailors of what they're missing back home.

"Pleasures of the Harbor", the title track, is a dirge to lonely sailors seeking human comfort and connection while in port.

"Two hundred and thirty-six lonely young sailors are coming to the Kitchen?"