Hmmm...

A partner of mine used to sing the following at chanty sings (can't remember where he got it). Same overall concept; entirely different cultural idiom. Is it close enough to be a variant of the same song?

(Clones: I didn't find this version in the DT or the Forum, but I can't really believe it's not there so I'm not putting a "Lyr Add" in the subject line)


JOHNNY BOKER

Johnny Boker is a good old man.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
And he plays with the girls whenever he can.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus:
Do, Johnny Boker, do, do, do!
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
Do, Johnny Boker, do, do, do
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

He went down to the dock to find him a ship.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
And he found an old log tied up to a slip.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus

He climbed aboard and he asked for a job;
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
Now old Johnny Boker shipped aboard a log!
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus

About twenty miles out of sight of the land
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
He found out he was the only hand.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus

Now old Johnny Boker, he's got him an oar,
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
And he's rowed that log right back to the shore.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus

Then he climbed on a ship and he sailed away.
Do, Johnny Boker, do!
He said "The work's a lot harder, but I get more pay!"
Do, Johnny Boker, do!

Chorus