{"id":580,"date":"2013-07-25T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T11:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=580"},"modified":"2022-05-21T19:32:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T23:32:44","slug":"whup-jamboree","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=580","title":{"rendered":"Whup Jamboree"},"content":{"rendered":"

This version we sing of the song is one of many versions out there.\u00a0 The melody is very similar to the fife tune of the same name, and both date allegedly to the mid-19th century; certainly with the mention of “Waterloo Dock<\/a>” this version of the\u00a0song would not date any earlier than the mid 1830s. Dan Lowrie’s was apparently a popular watering hole and playhouse on Paradise Street.\u00a0 And to explain for how often I have been asked this question; “A man in the chains for to heave the lead”… The chains is where the shrouds (lines running up from the hull to the masts alongside, rat-lines being the horizontal “ropes” that a sailor stepped on to climb, like rungs on a ladder) were fastened to the hull.\u00a0 When a sailor would heave the lead affixed on a long line to take soundings as a vessel came towards shore, the best place for him to do this would be in the chains.\u00a0 This image should help you envision this…<\/p>\n

\"Heaving_the_lead\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh now me lads be of good cheer
\nFor the Irish coast will soon draw near
\nWe’ll set a course for ol’ Cape Clear
\nCome and get your oats, me son!<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nWhup jamboree, whup jamboree,<\/em><\/strong>
\nWith a long-tailed sailor man comin’ up behind!<\/em><\/strong>
\nWhup jamboree, whup jamboree,<\/em><\/strong>
\nCome an’ get your oats, me son!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

For\u00a0now Cape Clear it is in sight
\nWe’ll be off Holyhead by tomorrow night,
\nAnd set our course for the ol’ Rock Light,
\nCome and get your oats, me son!<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

And\u00a0my boys we’re off Holyhead<\/a>;
\nNo more salt beef, no more\u00a0weevily bread.
\nOne man in the chains for to heave the lead,
\nCome and get your oats, me son!<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

Now we’re round the\u00a0Fort Perch Rock<\/a>,
\nAll hammocks lashed and chests all locked.
\nWe’ll haul her into the Waterloo Dock,
\nCome and get your oats, me son!<\/p>\n

{alternative verse}<\/span>
\n {Chorus:<\/span>
\n Now when we get to the Blackwall docks,<\/span>
\n Those pretty young girls come out in flocks,<\/span>
\n With short-legged drawers and long tailed frocks,<\/span>
\n Come and get your oats, me son!}<\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

Now my lads we are in dock
\nWe’ll be off to Dan Lowrie’s on the spot;
\nAnd\u00a0there we’ll sup\u00a0a big pint pot,
\nCome and get your oats, me son!<\/p>\n

{alternative verse}<\/span>
\n {Chorus:<\/span>
\n Well then we’ll walk down Limelight way,<\/span>
\n And all the girls will spend our pay,<\/span>
\n We’ll not see more `til another day,<\/span>
\n Come and get your oats, me son!}<\/span><\/p>\n

Chorus 2x:<\/p>\n

\"\"

Illustration by George Cruikshank, 1901<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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