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Thread #92279   Message #2938530
Posted By: GUEST,hooch
02-Jul-10 - 10:47 AM
Thread Name: Origins: I've Got Sixpence, Jolly, Jolly Sixpence
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rollin' Home (sea song)
Sixpence version was song sung by staff at Boy Scout Camp McKenzie near Columbus GA . We understood that it came from an Australian ballad, probably about a military unit far from home
the last lines go something like:

I've got no pence, jolly jolly no pence
Ive got no pence to last me all my life.

ive got no pence to spend and no pence to lend
and no pence to send home to my wife -- poor wife
no cares have I to grieve me
no pretty little girls to deceive me
im as happy as lark believe me
as we go rolling rolling home

rolling home ROLLING HOME rolling home ROLLING HOME
by the light of the silvery moon
happy is the day when the staff gets paid
and we go rolling rolling home.
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