I've just harvested the various verses that Mudcatters have posted above, with a little minor editing for spelling, that go to the traditional "Squid Jiggin' Ground" song. Think of them as our modest but sincere contribution to the generations of nautically challenged Mudcatters of the future:

SQUID JIGGIN' GROUND-2

(Various Mudcatters-2003)

There's poor old McGrath, he hooked a big one,
Surely it weighed 30 tons plus a pound;
His lips were a smackin' when he hauled up that old kraken,
But we ain't seen him since on the squid jiggin' ground.(C.Noble)

Says Charley, "Here's one just under the water!
I'm pulling him up but he's pulling me down!"
And we heard a great crunch, and Charley was lunch,
But those are the breaks on the squid-jiggin' ground. (Rapaire)

A hundred foot tentacle wrapped 'round poor Sammy,
Dragging him and his jiggers and dory straight down;
But to our surprise he was flung to the skies,
Rejected as lunch on the squid jiggin' ground. (Rapaire)

Oh the boys from Wiscasset, so young and so rowdy,
At bars and at parties, no more are they found;
For the word has gone out to pursue new horizons
And they're seeking release on the squid-jiggin' ground. (Amos)

Sorcha was out there, playin' her fiddle,
"Whiskey 'fore breakfast," and goin' to town
And for something quite odd you should see cephalopods
Dancin' a reel on the squid jiggin' ground. (Rapaire)

Old Sam had a squid in "an interesting condition,"
He trolled her where others were said to be found;
Imagine his surprise when this proved his demise,
As he was hauled down below the squid jiggin' ground. (C.Noble)

Old Amos was not one to fear wind or water,
He'd sailed Boothbay Harbor where raging billows abound;
But he gave a great cry when he was shot in the eye
By a 30-ton squid on the squid jiggin' ground. (C.Noble)

Here's to old Charley Noble, the best of the songsters,
We're sorry to hear the poor bloke has been drowned!
It seems that some deep-water critter objected
To "Haul Away, Joe" on the squid jigging ground! (Amos)

Tis said that the squid's the ultimate lover,
Their insatiable lust knows no bound;
Our good friend Rapaire gave up in despair,
While embracing a squid on the squid jiggin' ground. (C.Noble)

Now to harvest the limmericks!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble