Jack the jolly tar - The King'S Singers Oh, I am Jack and a jolly tar, O. I'm just returned from the sea so far, O. Oh, I am Jack and a jolly tar, I'm just returned from the sea so far.
Hey diddley dingo,
Hey diddley ding. As Jack was walking through London city,
He heard a squire talking to a lady. And Jack he heard the squire say: 'Tonight with you, love, I mean to stay.
'You must tie a string all around your finger With the other end hanging out the window,
And I'll slip by and pull the string And you must come down and let me in.'
'Damn me,' says Jack, 'if I don't venture For to pull that string hanging out the window.'
So he slipped by and he pulled the string, And the lady came down and let him in.
The squire came by all in a passion, 'Curse the women throughout the nation!
Look being seeing, no string I've found, Behold my hopes all gone aground!'
Early in the morning, the sun was gleaming, The lady woke up and started screaming,
For there's old Jack in his tarry shirt,
And behold his face all streaked with dirt.
'Oh what is this, you tarry sailor?
Have you broken in for to steal my treasure?'
'Oh no,' says Jack, 'I just pulled the string, And you came down, ma'am, and let me in.'
'Oh,' then says Jack, 'won't you please forgive me?
I'll steal away so no-one shall see me.'
'Oh no,' says she, 'don't stray too far, For I never will part from my jolly Jack Tar.'