Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Arranged by Brian Gulland, Robin Jeffrey, Robert White, Tim Laycock, and Colin Thompson.
Plays only in "Sailor Mouth."

Sailin' over the Dogger Bank: Oh, wasn't it a treat?
Wind a-blowing east-nor'-east, we had to give a sheet!
You ought to see us runnin' the wind a-blowin' free
On a passage from the Dogger Bank to gray Grimsby!

Watch out, twigger, she's a proper ju-be-ju
Give 'er a sheet and let her rip we're the boys to pull her through!
You ought to see us runnin', the wind a-blowin' free
On a passage from the Dogger Bank to gray Grimsby!

Our captain he's a Shanghai roush, he loves a pint of good ale
Our mate he is a road stone-inspector, been seen in many's a jail
Our third mate he's a bush ranger, he comes from the African Isle
And take a look at our old cook it gets the bugger wild!

Watch out, twigger, she's a proper ju-be-ju
Give 'er a sheet and let her rip we're the boys to pull her through!
You ought to see us runnin', the wind a-blowin' free
On a passage from the Dogger Bank to gray Grimsby!

Watch out, twigger, as down the street she came
High heels and painted toes, Jenny is on the game
Jenny is one of your flash girls, can't she cut a shine?
She can do the double shuffle on the Knickerbocker line!

Watch out, twigger, she's a proper ju-be-ju
Give 'er a sheet and let her rip we're the boys to pull her through!
You ought to see us runnin', the wind a-blowin' free
On a passage from the Dogger Bank to gray Grimsby!

We are the boys to make a noise when we come home from sea
We get right drunk, we roll on the floor, we have a jubilee
We get right drunk and full of beer, we roll all over the floor
And when our rent it is all spent we go to sea for more

Watch out, twigger, she's a proper ju-be-ju
Give 'er a sheet and let her rip we're the boys to pull her through!
You ought to see us runnin', the wind a-blowin' free
On a passage from the Dogger Bank to gray Grimsby!