Here's a different version of the words and a question or two: i. In these words, what does "danced the gear" mean? ii. What is a "jowler bin"? WHISKEY ON A SUNDAY (Glyn Hughes) 1. He sat on the corner of Bevington Bush Astride of an old packing case And his three dolls would dance on the end of the plank And he'd croon with a smile on his face * Come day, go day I wish in me heart it was Sunday Drinking buttermilk all the week Whiskey on a Sunday 2. His tired old hands tugged away at the strings And the dolls, they danced the gear It's a far better show than any I've seen At the Pivvy or New Brighton Pier * 3. In nineteen-o-two old Seth Davy died And his song is heard no more His three dancing dolls in a jowler bin ended And his plank went to mend some back door * 4. On some stormy nights down Scotty Road way When the wind's blowin' up from the sea You can still hear the song of old Seth Davy As he croons to his dancing dolls three * * Cheers Ian HP
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