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Thread #92279   Message #1762565
Posted By: Little Robyn
17-Jun-06 - 10:37 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I've Got Sixpence, Jolly, Jolly Sixpence
Subject: RE: who wrote: I've Got Sixpence.. Jolly Jolly
Can anybody find the Hugill version and post it?

Stan's version doesn't have sixpences or shillings in it! From p.180 of Shantys from the seven seas, here's;
Rolling home by the silvery moon

Here's to the good ol' whiskey, mop it down, mop it down!
Here's to the good ol' whiskey, mop it down, mop it down!
Here's to the good ol' whiskey, that makes you feel so frisky,
Here's to the good ol' whiskey, mop it down!
Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home, rolling home,
By the light of the silvery moon,
Happy is the sailor who has shipped aboard a whaler
When she's rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling home.

Here's to the good ol' beer, mop it down, mop it down!
etc.
Here's to the good ol' beer, that makes you feel so queer,

Here's to the good ol' rum,

Here's to the good ol' claret,

Here's to the good ol' cider,

Stan says these latter verses are mainly bawdy but he doesn't give the rhyme for the second part.
Robyn