A Night at Dago Tom’s
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A Night at Dago Tom’s
Paris here I come, drinking all the way-o!
Paris here I come, drinking all the way-o!
Meet a man from home, from sunny Callao-o!
Chorus:
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
John, go home, go home, someone’s got your girl-o!
John, go home, go home, someone’s got your girl-o!
I say let them come, I'm mighty tired of her-o! (CHO)
Oh, of all my loves, none can take her place-o!
Oh, of all my loves, none can take her place-o!
On a fine big bed, overhung with lace-o! (CHO)
Oh, I have three sons, captains one and all-o!
Oh, I have three sons, captains one and all-o!
Oh, two at Bordeaux, and one at La Rochel-o! (CHO)
And the youngest one, through this world has strayed-o!
And the youngest one, through this world has strayed-o!
Like his father before, drinking all the way-o! (CHO)
Paris here I come, drinking all the way-o!
Paris here I come, drinking all the way-o!
Meet a man from home, from bonny La Rochel-o!
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
Way-hay-hay and we'll merry be!
This illustration was a header graphic for “A Night at Dago Tom's,”
a poem by John Masefield illustrated by Charles Pears
from SALT WATER POEMS & BALLADS, 1916.