Sure, Winters Wages. The version I sing is a compilation of Barry Finn's version and the versions found in Stan Hugill's "Shanties of the Seven Seas." If you search for "Roller Bowler" in the Forum threads you'll find Barry's version. It was posted earlier this year so you just have to filter for one year. For the chorus, Barry sings "Away you Roller Bowler" and I sing "Hooraw you Roller Bowler." I also shout out the "timme" in the chorus just because I don't get to yell enough in everyday life.

Roller Bowler (Good Morning, Ladies All)
Capstan shanty

As I rolled out one mornin'
Chorus: Hooraw, you roller bowler!
As I rolled out one mornin'
I met a dou-dou fair

Chorus:
Hooraw, you roller bowler
Timme high-rig-a-jig an' a ha-ha!
Good mornin', ladies all

Oh, I met her once in Liverpool
Oh, I met her once in Liverpool
That saucy gal of mine

Oh, the first time that I saw her
Oh, the first time that I saw her
'Twas down in Parkee Lane

She winked and tipped her flipper
She winked and tipped her flipper
She thought I was a Mate

But when she found that I was skint
But when she found that I was skint
She left me standing there

I squared me yards an' sailed away
I squared me yards an' sailed away
An' to the pub I went

The last time that I saw her
The last time that I saw her
Was down the waterside

Oh, you ladies short and ladies tall
Oh, you ladies short and ladies tall
I love you one and all

Radriano
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