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Twilight Origin: All for Me Grog (80* d) DTADD: ALL FOR ME GROG (Australian version) 05 Apr 99


I just posted this for leprechaun in the thread 'me jolly jolly grog', but I thought maybe I should stick it here too (if not then I'm sorry about getting your thread wrong, I'm new to all of this)

The Oz version of 'All for me grog' is reworked from a sailor's song 'Noggin Boots' or 'Across the Western Ocean'. I tried finding the sailor version in the database, but it wouldn't let me search for anything today, so I've copied what I have:

ALL FOR ME GROG

Chorus:
Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog
It's all for me beer and tobacco
For I spent all me tin with the lassies drinking gin
Far across the western ocean I must wander

1:
Where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots?
They're all gone for beer and tobacco
For the heels they are worn out and the toes are kicked about
And the soles are looking out for better weather

(Chorus)

2:
Where is me shirt, my noggin', noggin' shirt?
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
For the collar is all worn, and the sleeves they are all torn
And the tail is looking out for better weather

(Chorus)

4: I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed
Since first I came ashore with me slumber
For I spent all me dough on the lassies don't you know
Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

I've also heard it sung with the third verse about the wife:

3: Where is me wife, me noggin', noggin' wife?
She's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well her front it got worn out, and her tail end knocked about
And I think she's looking out for better weather

Or the third verse about the bed:

3: Where is me bed, me noggin' noggin bed?
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well I lent it to a whore and now the sheets are all tore
And the springs are looking out for better whether.

Here's an alternative last verse (this is the one I'm used to hearing at the Irishman here in Stavanger):

4:
Well I'm sick in me head and I haven't been to bed
Since first I came ashore with all me plunder
I've seen centipedes and snakes, and me head is full of aches
And I think I'll pick a path to way up yonder

Finally there's also an alternative chorus (from a Irish pub in England):

Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog
It's all for me beer and tobacco
I spent all me loot in a house of ill repute
And I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow

This is what I've collected on the sailor version of the song. I don't know much more about it unfortunately, but I though you might like some more versions.

Vibeke :)


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