Whip Jamboree lyrics

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Now Cape Clear it is in sight
We`ll be off Holyhead by tomorrow night,
And we`ll shape our course for the Rock Light,
Oh Jenny get your oat cake done. (keep your oat cake warm)

chorus: Whip jamboree, whip jamboree,
Oh you long-tailed black man, poke it up behind me,
Whip jamboree, whip jamboree,
Oh Jenny get your oat cake done.

Now my boys we`re off Holyhead;
No more salt beef, no more salt bread.
One man in the chains for to heave the lead,
Oh Jenny get your oat cake done.

Now my lads we`re round the Rock,
All hammocks lashed and chests all locked.
We`ll haul her into the Waterloo Dock,
Oh Jenny get your oat cake done.

Now my lads we`re all in dock
We`ll be off to Dan Lowrie`s on the spot;
And now we`ll have a good roundabout,
Oh Jenny get your oat cake done.

Note: many, many variants.(Jenny, keep your tail piece warm)
Recorded by the Boarding Party

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