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O, what will we do with the old herrings' heads?
We'll get some loaves and sell them for bread;
O, herrings' heads and loaves of bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what will we do with the old herrings' eyes?
We'll get some puddings and sell them for pies;
O, herrings' eyes, puddings for pies,
Herrings' heads and loaves for bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what will we do with the old herrings' fins?
We'll get some needles and sell them for pins;
Herrings' fins and needles for pins;
Herrings' eyes, pudding and pies,
Herrings heads and loaves for bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what will we do with the old herrings' backs?
We'll get a little boy and call him Jack;
O, herrings' backs, boys called Jack,
Herrings' fins and needels for pins,
Herrings' eyes, puddings and pies,
Herrings' heads and loaves for bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what will we do with the old herring's bellies?
We'll get a little girl and call her Nellie;
O, herrings' bellies and girls called Nellie,
Herrings' backs , boys called Jack,
Herrings' fins and needles for pins,
Herrings' eyes, puddings and pies,
Herrings' heads and loaves for bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what will we do with the old herrings' scales?
We'll get some canvas and sew it for sails;
O, herrings' scales canvas for sails,
Herrings' bellies and girls called Nellie,
Herrings' backs, boys called Jack,
Herrings' fins and needles for pins,
Herrings' eyes, puddings and pies,
Herrings' heads and loaves for bread,
And all things like that.
And of all the fish that's in the sea -
The herring - that's the fish for me.
Right tiddy she loo-ra,
Right she loo-ra fol-a fold dee.
O, what do you think of me jolly jack herring,
He's forty feet wide and he's fifty feet long -
To me E so and I so and E cock a lair E-o,
Why didn't you told me so?
So I did long ago.
Very well, then, don't you think I done well
With me jolly jack herring?
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