Hi Friends,

I just found these lyrics to "The Dogger Bank" on the 'web - had been looking for them for a while (let's come out of the closet: I heard the song in an episode of "SpongeBob Squarepants" and took a liking to it :). Now I wonder if anyone of you can help me with some of the expressions:

I can imagine that a "shang-a-roosh" is nothing very flattering, but what does "roadstone-prat-inspector" mean? (not very flattering either, I guess). And what on earth is "the proper ju-ber-ju"? Something like "the right stuff" or "the real thing"?

Thanks!


THE DOGGER BANK

Sailing over the Dogger Bank, wasn't it a treat?
The wind a-blowing 'bout east-nor'east, so we had to give her sheet.
You ought to see us rally, the wind a-blowing free,
On passage from the Dogger Bank to Great Grimsby.

CHORUS: So watch her, trigger, the proper ju-ber-ju.
Give her sheet and let her rip. We're the boys to pull her through.
You ought to have seen us rally, the wind a-blowing free,
On passage from the Dogger Bank to Great Grimsby.

Now our captain he's a shang-a-roosh. He likes a drop of good ale.
Our mate he's a roadstone-prat-inspector. He's been seen in many a gaol.
Our third hand he's a bushranger. He come on deck and received the mail,
And you give a look at our old cook: he's so hoppity wild.

Now we are the boys to make a noise when we come home from sea.
We get right drunk and roll on the floor and cause a jubilee.
We get right drunk and full of beer. we roll all over the floor,
And when our rent it is all spent, we'll go to sea for more.