The Rumjacks Green Ginger Wine
Gangs Of New Holland album Lyrics to Green Ginger Wine : Oh kiss me Maggie take me home, For I sure dinnae feel like dyin alone, Gawn geez a shot, chuck a doggie a bone, Or a penny for me rattlin can, As sure as Christ it s a bitter pill, But if you won t have me, yer sister will, I ll cart me arse doon Surry Hills call her out this evenin, Go on, go well, ye re no catch o mine, Yer clothes in rags, ye reek o fags old green ginger wine, My sisters aye a leezie into the drinkin, dogs cards, My poor departed Father couldn t flog her at the yards, I m a man o some renown Jack the Lad about the town, We ll share a plate of oysters, crack the neck o Billy Brown, Sly grog salty treats, I ll not grant yer wish, I m promised to the toll collector boy upon the bridge. Like good whisky in bad wounds, Like honey on a toothache, you ll never be m br, br,
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