Quare Bungle Rye

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Ah, Jack was a sailor that roamed on the town And he met with a damsel that skipped up and down Said the damsel to Jack as she passed him by "Would you care for to purchase some quare bungle rye roddy rye?" [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye [Verse 2] Said Jack to himself, "Now, and what can this be? But the finest ol' whiskey from far Germany Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly And the name that it goes by is quare bungle rye roddy rye" [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye [Verse 3] He gave her a pound and he thought nothing strange Said she, "Hold, now, me basket while I run for your change" He took a look in the basket, a child he did spy "Oh, be dammit!" said Jack, "This is quare bungle rye roddy rye?" [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye [Verse 4] To get the child christened was Jack's next intent And to get the child christened, to the parson he went Said the parson to Jack, "Now, what will he go by?" "Oh, be dammit!" said Jack, "Call him quare bungle rye roddy rye" [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye [Verse 5] Said the parson to Jack, "That's a very quare name" "Oh, and dammit!" says Jack, "It's a quare way he came Smuggled up in a basket and sold on the sly And the name that he'll go by is quare bungle rye roddy rye" [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye [Verse 6] Come all you young sailors that roam down the town Beware of them damsels that skips up and down Beware of them ladies as you pass them by Or else they might upon you quare bungle rye roddy rye [Refrain] Fol the diddle rye roddy- Fol the diddle rye roddy- Fol the diddle rye roddy rye roddy rye!