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Thread #109942   Message #2329180
Posted By: Ross Campbell
29-Apr-08 - 07:06 PM
Thread Name: PermaThread: Merchant Navy Songs
Subject: Lyr Add: JIG-A-JIG SONG
JIG-A-JIG SONG        
(Coll. Ron Baxter)
Tune:- I Had a Little Nut Tree

Down there in Port Louis,
Little boys they say;
"To get you a jig-a-jig,
I wait here all day."

Chorus:-        Jig-a-jig-a Johnnie,
                Not too much to pay;
                To get you a jig-a-jig
                I wait here all day.

You will like my sister;
She is very clean.
After every jig-a-jig,
By Doctor Sahib is seen.

Chorus

You no like my sister?
Smallie boy is nice.
You can have my brother
at half my sister's price.

Chorus


Notes (RB):-        Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius. This was a very popular port for Clan Line vessels as Mauritius was the most beautiful place they went to - but you did get pestered by young lads pimping. I only heard this on one ship, but the man I got it from told me he'd heard it on at least two other vessels.

Ross