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I first heard this by the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem
All for me Grog
by trad
(Chorus)
And its all for me grog
me jolly jolly grog
all gone for beer and tobacco
well I spent all me tin
on the lassies drinkin’ gin
far across the western ocean I must wan- der
So now where is me shirt
me noggin, noggin shirt
all gone for beer and tobacco
the collar is all torn
and the front is kind of worn
and the tails are looking out for better weather
(Chorus)
And now where are me boots
me noggin, noggin boots
all gone for beer and tobacco
the uppers are all torn
and the heels are kind of worn
and the soles are looking out for better weather
(Chorus)
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 make a path for way out yonder...
(Chorus 2X)
Alternate verses submitted by Guthrum
Well, our money was all spent so to our ship we went,
The sea, it looked like whiskey; ‘twas an omen,
For we set out to find Cathay, but we washed up far away,
On the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond.
Where is me wife, me noggin, noggin wife
She’s all sold for beer and tobacco
You see her front it was worn out and her tail I kicked about
And I’m sure she’s lookin’ out for better weather
Where is me bed, me noggin, noggin bed
It’s all sold for beer and tobacco
You see I sold it to the girls until the springs were all in
twirls
And the sheets they’re lookin’ out for better weather
Where is me wench, me noggin noggin whence
She’s all gone for beer and tobacco
Well her (clap) is all worn out and her (clap) is knocked about
And her (clap) is looking out for better weather...
Alternate kid-friendly verses submitted by Guthrum:
“And what I’ve been singing to the kids as I brush their teeth:”
And it’s all for me teeth, me pear-ly white teeth
All gone to dentists and toothbrushes
Well I brush ‘em every night, and in the mornin’ brush ‘em twice
And every now and then I floss them.
And its all for me grog
me jolly jolly grog
all gone for beer and tobacco
well I spent all me tin
on the lassies drinkin’ gin
far across the western ocean I must wan- der
So now where is me shirt
me noggin, noggin shirt
all gone for beer and tobacco
the collar is all torn
and the front is kind of worn
and the tails are looking out for better weather
(Chorus)
And now where are me boots
me noggin, noggin boots
all gone for beer and tobacco
the uppers are all torn
and the heels are kind of worn
and the soles are looking out for better weather
(Chorus)
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 make a path for way out yonder...
(Chorus 2X)
Alternate verses submitted by Guthrum
Well, our money was all spent so to our ship we went,
The sea, it looked like whiskey; ‘twas an omen,
For we set out to find Cathay, but we washed up far away,
On the bonny, bonny banks of Loch Lomond.
Where is me wife, me noggin, noggin wife
She’s all sold for beer and tobacco
You see her front it was worn out and her tail I kicked about
And I’m sure she’s lookin’ out for better weather
Where is me bed, me noggin, noggin bed
It’s all sold for beer and tobacco
You see I sold it to the girls until the springs were all in
twirls
And the sheets they’re lookin’ out for better weather
Where is me wench, me noggin noggin whence
She’s all gone for beer and tobacco
Well her (clap) is all worn out and her (clap) is knocked about
And her (clap) is looking out for better weather...
Alternate kid-friendly verses submitted by Guthrum:
“And what I’ve been singing to the kids as I brush their teeth:”
And it’s all for me teeth, me pear-ly white teeth
All gone to dentists and toothbrushes
Well I brush ‘em every night, and in the mornin’ brush ‘em twice
And every now and then I floss them.