All For Me Grog
Fo'c'sle Song
Traditional
Arranged by and for Bounding Main


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Chorus
And it's all for me grog, me jolly', jolly' grog
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
For I spent all me tin with the lassies drinking gin
Resp:  Far across the Western Ocean I must wander

Gina:
[Oh] where are me boots, me noggin', noggin' boots?
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
For the heels they are worn out and the toes are kicked about
And the soles are looking out for better weather  (Chorus)

Dean:
Where is me shirt, my noggin', noggin' shirt?
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
For the collar is all worn, and the sleeves they are all torn
And the tail is looking out for better weather  (Chorus)

David:
Where is me bed, me noggin' noggin bed
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
Now the sheets they are all tore, cause I lent it to a whore, 
And the springs are looking out for better weather. 

Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me loot in a house of ill repute
And I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow.

Jon with Christie:
Where is my verse, me jolly, jolly verse
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
Well the nouns they are all gone and the adjectives, "So Long!"
And the verbs are lookin' out for better weather

Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me loot in a house of ill repute
And I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow.

Maggie:
Well, I'm sick in the head and I haven't been to bed
Since I came ashore with me plunder
I've seen centipedes and snakes, and I'm full of pains and aches
And I think I'll have to go away off yonder. 

Well it's all for me grog, me jolly jolly grog
Resp:  All gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me loot in a house of ill repute
And I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow.

Yes, I think I'll have to go back there tomorrow!


Jeff Gee ("Fiddler Davey") of the Seadogs first brought this tune to our circle.  It is actually the first shanty I'd ever sung!  It had subsequently remained a Seadog staple, before they were disbanded after the 2002 season.  Bounding Main proudly brings this song to audiences today -- in its own inimitable style.  -- Dean Calin.

The use of the term "Western Ocean" was a common way of referring to the Atlantic Ocean.  "Grog" was watered down rum served on British naval vessels c.18th century.