THE JOLLY TINKER

There was a jolly tinker and he hailed from France( x2)
With his long john tiddledy whacker fiddle de whacker pants

CHORUS:
With his long john tiddledy whacker overgrown kidney cracker, looking for a shindy stack around the belly whang!

There was a farmer's daughter coming from the ball (x2)
She met the Jolly tinker leaning up against the wall
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My darling, oh my darling oh my darling I love you (x2)
She told the jolly tinker, just a haf a dollar'll do
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And when the fun was over he shouldered up his load (x2)
Brushed off his clothes went a-whistling down the road
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Mother, oh, mother, I'm sad and I'm alone(x2)
The tinker took his pleasure and he left me here to moan
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Daughter, you're a ninny, for you left it all to chance (x2)
Don't ever lay a tinker till he pays you in advance
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I've been singing this one since the early 60's.

The Oscar Brand song book says "Scrimmage) but the record clearly says "shindy stack." This colorful folk expression is from the term, "shindy" or "shindig," meaning a dance party--and is the name of the dance a couple are doing when one is stacked atop the other.

Mungo
Bob McElroy