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Thread #162873   Message #3879537
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
30-Sep-17 - 07:53 PM
Thread Name: Origins: When the Boat Comes In
Subject: RE: Origins: 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. ..."
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"Till the Tide Comes In

While strolling down by Sandgate Street, 
A shipmate there I chanc'd to meet; 
"I'll treat you with a pint of gin," 
Says he, "until the tide comes in",

Till the tide comes in, till the tide comes in, 
Right merry will we be till the tide comes in; 
We'll music bring, and dance and sing 
And kiss the pretty girls till the tide comes in..."
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