Whup! Jamboree - Robert Shaw

Now my lads be of good cheer

For the Irish land will soon draw near

In a few more days we’ll sight Cape Clear

Oh Jenny, get yer oatcake done

Whup!

Jamboree, whup!

jamboree

Oh ye one (?) sailor hauls upon the line

Whup!

Jamboree, whup!

jamboree

Oh Jenny get yer oatcake done

Now Cape Clear it is in sight

We’ll be off Holyhead by tomorrow night

And we’ll steer a course for old Rock Light

Oh Jenny, get yer oatcake done

Now my lads we’re round the rock

All hammocks lashed and chests all locked

We’ll haul her into the Waterloo Dock

Oh Jenny, get yer oatcake done

Now my lads we’re all in luck

We’ll be off to Dan Lowry’s on the spot

And now we’ll have a good round about

Oh Jenny, get yer oatcake done

Cape Clear — the southernmost inhabited part

of the island of Ireland

Holyhead — is located on Holy Island, Wales

Waterloo Dock — on the River Mercy, England,

and part of the port of Liverpool

Dan Lowry’s — A popular playhouse in

Paradise Street near the Waterloo Dock

A homeward bound shanty, usually sung at capstan or windlass