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Whip Jamboree (Trad.)

Well, now me lads be of good cheer
for the Irish Coast will soon draw near
we'll set a course for the old Cape Clear.
Oh, Jenny, get your oat-cakes done.

Whip Jamboree, whip Jamboree
with your pig-tail, sailor, hanging down behind,
Whip Jamboree, Whip Jamboree,
Oh, Jenny get your oatcakes done.

Well now Cape Clear it is in sight,
we'll be off Holyhead by tomorrow night,
we'll set a course for the old Rock Light,
Oh, Jenny, get your oat-cakes done.

Well, now we're passing Holyhead,
no more salt-beef or weevilly bread,
one man in the chains for to swing the lead.
Oh, Jenny, get your oat-cakes done.

And now we're passing Fort Perch Rockall
hammocks lashed & sea chests locked,
we'll warp her in to the Waterloo Dock,
Oh, Jenny, get your oat-cakes done.

And now my lads we are in Dock,
we'll be off to Dan Lowry's on the spot,
and there we'll sink a big pint pot.
Oh, Jenny, get your oat-cakes done.