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Drummer and the Cook |
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Drummer and
the Cook (Deirdre) Music hall songs and tunes passed freely between
the sea and stage. Capt. John Runciman learned this capstan chantey from
a cook on the Blyth brig Northumberland.
Publisher R. Runciman Terry confesses to only having remembered the
first verse and writing the rest.
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The Drummer and The Cook
Oh, there was a little drummer and he loved a one-eyed cook
And he loved her oh he loved her though she had a cock-eyed look.
Chorus: With her one eye in the pot and the other up the chimney
With a bow wow wow, fal lal the dow a diddy bow wow wow.
When this couple went a courting for to walk along the shore
Says the drummer to the cookie, "You're the gal that I adore."
When this couple went a courting for to walk along the pier
Says the cookie to the drummer, "And I love you too, my dear."
Says the drummer to the cookie, "Ain't the weather fine today?"
Says the cookie to the drummer, "Is that all you've got to say?"
Says the drummer to the cookie, "Will I buy the wedding ring?"
Says the cookie, "Now you're talking, that would be the very thing."
Says the drummer to the cookie, "Will ye name the wedding day?"
Says the cookie, "We'll be married in the merry month of May."
When this couple went to say I will the drummer got a nark
For her one eye scared the Parson and the other killed the Clerk.