Oyster Dreg-song

Heave a ho and away we go
What care we for calm or gale
We'll tak' a dram as lang as we can;
Brandy's good amang het ale!

Heave a ho and away we go,
Mag and Meg and Jess and Jane,
See how they leuch when we get fish;
See how they girn when we get nane.

Heave a ho and away we go,
See them awaiting on the green;
Big lots and wee lots or nae lots ava'
Gin we dinna try we shall be seen.

Heave a ho and off we're away,
Lady Hyndford's lang tails comin' doon the brae;
Heave a ho and away go we,
She gets a' the creamy milk, we get the whey.

Heave a ho and away we go,
Revelling amidst the storm and gale;
If good luck our lot should be,
Soon we'll be drinking the milk of the whale.

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