Lyr. Add: DO LET ME LONE, SUSAN
(Hooraw, me Looloo Boys (Gels)

Do let me lone, Susan, Oh! do let me lone!
Ch. Hooraw! me loulou boys, Do let me lone!
When I put my arm round Jinny's waist,
Oh, Jinny jumps about,
Ch. Hooraw! me loulou boys! Do let me lone!
When I put my hand on Jinny's head,
Oh, Jinny jump away,
Ch. Hooraw, me loulou boys! Do let me lone!
2
Do let me lone, Flora, oh, do let me lone.
Ch. Hooraw, me loulou boys (gels), do let me lone!
When I put me hand on Jinny's cheek,
Oh, Jinny jump about,
Ch. Hooraw, me loulou boys (gels), do let me lone!
When I try to play with Jinny's ear,
Oh, Jinny jumps away,
Ch. Hooraw, me loulou boys (gels), do let me lone!
3
Do let me lone, Rosy, oh, do let me lone,
Ch. Hooraw, me loulou boys (gels)!
When I put my arm round Jinny's waist,
Oh, Jinny jumps about,
Ch. Hooraw, etc.
When I stroke my Jinny on the back,
Oh. Jinny jumps away,
Ch. Hooraw, etc.
4
Do let me lone, Judy, oh, do let me lone,
Ch. Hooraw, etc.
When I put me hand in Jinny's lap,
Oh, Jinny jump about,
Ch. Hooraw, etc.
When I kiss my Jinny on the lips,,
Oh, Jinny jump away,
Ch. Hooraw, etc.
5
Do let me lone Mary, etc.

Hugill- "I had it from the Barbadian shantyman Harding, who had often sung it at halyards in both British and American ships. It is of Spanish-American origin and similar in timing to a Trinidadian calypso. Much of it is unprintable, since it refers to all the parts of the human anatomy! A common trick of the Negro shantyman was that of jumping to a higher key every alternate verse."

Stan Hugill, 1961, "Shanties from the Seven Seas," Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London. Pp. 379-380.