The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #46593 Message #691874
Posted By: English Jon
17-Apr-02 - 05:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Billy Riley (chantey)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: BILLY RILEY
I understood it to be Drohger - a dutch clipper used for fishing around the west indies.
Think it might be "screw her up so cheerily" then again, could be a mondegreen.