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Thread #31335   Message #406567
Posted By: alanww
26-Feb-01 - 12:19 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Bully in the Alley
Subject: Lyr Add: BULLY IN THE ALLEY (Nola Johnston)
Has anyone got more lyrics than these, which I got from http://www.delweb.com/andrew/shanty/lyrics/bully.html :- "as sung by Nola Johnston at the VFSS shanty workshop, Nov 30, 1988
1 So help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Way, hey, bully in the alley
So help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
Bully down in Shinbone Al

2 Oh, Sally is the girl down in our alley
Now, Sally is the gal that I spliced nearly

3 So help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley
So help me Bob, I'm bully in the alley

4 I'll leave my Sal to go a-sailin'
I'll leave my gal and go a-whalin' "
The Mudcat version misses out the repeated verse 3, as does Hugill.
Thanks
Alanww