when the boat comes in

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When the Boat comes in/Dance to thy Daddy 

Come here me little Jacky, 
now ah've smoked me baccy, 
let's hev a bit of cracky, 
till the boat comes in. 
Dance to thee Daddy, sing to thee Mammy, 
dance to thee Daddy, to thee Mammy sing; 

Thou shalt hev a fishy on a little dishy, 

thou shalt hev a fishy when the boat comes in. 

Here's thy mother humming, 
like a canny woman; 
Yonder comes thy fatha, 
drunk - he cannat stand. 

Dance to thee Daddy, sing to thee Mammy, 
dance to thee Daddy, to thee Mammy sing; 
Thou shalt hev a fishy on a little dishy, 
thou shalt hev a haddock when the boat comes in 

Our Tommy's always fuddling, 
he's so fond of ale, 
but he's kind to me, 
I hope he'll never fail. 

Dance to thee Daddy, sing to thee Mammy, 
dance to thee Daddy, to thee Mammy sing; 
Thou shalt hev a fishy on a little dishy, 
thou shalt hev a Bloater when the boat comes in 

I like a drop mesel', 
when I can get it sly, 
and thou, my bonny bairn, 
will like't as well as I. 

Dance to thee Daddy, sing to thee Mammy, 
dance to thee Daddy, to thee Mammy sing; 
Thou shalt hev a fishy on a little dishy, 
thou shalt hev a Mackerel when the boat comes in. 

May we get a drop, 
oft as we stand in need; 
and weel may the keel row 
that brings the bairns tha breed. 

Dance to thee Daddy, sing to thee Mammy, 
dance to thee Daddy, to thee Mammy sing; 
Thou shalt hev a fishy on a little dishy, 
thou shalt hev a Salmon when the boat comes in. 

-In Allan's Illustrated Edition of Tyneside Songs and Readings....,
Thomas and George Allan, NewcastleUpon Tyne, 1891. Author lsited 
as Watson and source: Fordyce's "Newcastle song Book," 1842"

I hope you don't mind my pasting in the lyrics, Conrad. -Joe Offer-