trad
Collected by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger from Sam Larner, probably from American music hall tradition due in part to reference to the Knickerbocker Line, which was in Boston.
The Teacups: https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dogger-bank
https://haystackrecords.bandcamp.com/track/dogger-bank
Sailing over the Dogger Bank Oh, wasn’t it a treat? The wind a-blowing ’bout east north east, We had to give our sheet. You should to see us rally, The wind a-blowing free, A passage from the Dogger Bank To Great Grimsby. Chorus: So watch her, twig her, She’s a proper juber-ju. Give her the sheet and let her rip, We’re the boys to see her through. You should to see us rally, The wind a-blowing free, A passage from the Dogger Bank To Great Grimsby. Now the captain he’s a shangaroosh And he loves a drop of good ale, The mate he is a road-stone inspector, He’s been seen in many a jail. The third hand he’s a bush ranger, He comes from the African Isle, And take a look at the poor old cook, He gets the bugger wild. Now, we are the boys to make a noise When we come home from sea, We get right drunk, we roll on the floor, We have a jubilee; We get right drunk and full of beer We roll all over the floor, And when the rent it is all spent, We’ll go to sea for more. So it’s watch her, twig her, It’s down the street she came; With high heels and painted toes Good Jinnie is on the game She is one of them flash girls, Can’t she cut a shine? She can do a double shuffle On the Knickerbocker Line.