A PASSAGE FROM THE DOGGER BANK

Sailing over the Dogger Bank
Oh isn't it a treat
The wind a blowing 'bout East nor East
So we had to give her some sheet
You should have seen us rally
The wind a-blowing free
A passage from the Dogger Bank to Great Grimsby

CHORUS
So watch out rigger
It's a proper jew be jew
Give her some sheet and let her rip
We're the boys to pull her through
You should have seen us rally
The wind a-blowing free
A passage from the Dogger Bank to Great Grimsby

Now our captain he's a Shanghai Roosh
He likes a drop of good ale
Our first mate he's a roadstone inspector
He's been seen in many a jail
Our second mate he's a bushranger
Or he comes from an African isle
Well just take a look at our old cook
Now he's just hoppity wild
CHORUS

Now we're the boys to make a noise
When we get home from sea
We get right drunk and roll on the floor
And have a jubilee
We get right drunk and full of beer
And roll all over the floor
And when our rent, it is all spent
We just go to sea for more
CHORUS

When we're down at the quay
And we're out on the spree
With Jeannie we like to go
With her high heels and painted toes
Her chemise all on show
Well she is one of those flash girls
Can't she cut a shine
She can do the double shuffle
Showing her knickerbocker line
CHORUS


Thought I'd include this version which seems to vary a bit from the ones mentioned. The first line of the chorus 'Watch out rigger' makes more sense than 'twig her' or 'Trigger' If you try singing the linethe words naturally run together and sound like 'trigger' or 'twig her'. The rest of the chorus is about setting sails(sheets)to make best use of the strong wind so I guess a rigger would be involved in this!
I alway ponder over the ju be ju line and wondered whether it was a somewhat anti semitic reference meaning a sort of mean/harsh wind.

The debate some have had about the 'Knickerbocker line' sounds pretty esoteric whilst the version outlined here makes more sense I think. My father got this version from a Lowestoft trawlerman Ernie Moore and it is quite similar to the one sung and recorded by Sam Larner from Winterton, Norfolk