Peter Stampfel - The Squid Jiggin’ Ground lyrics

So this is the place
Where they're fisherman gatherin'
With oil-skins and slickers and the
Cape bass batten down
All sizes and figures with
Squid lines and jiggers
They congregate here on the
Squid Jiggin' Ground

Some are jiggin’ for squid
While others are yarnin'
There's some standin' up but
There's more lyin' down
And all sorts of fun jokes
And drinks are begun
As they wait for the squid
On the Squid Jiggin' Ground

There's men of all agеs and
Boys in the bargain
There's old Billy Cavе and
There's young Raymond Brown
There's Red Rat and Folly out
Here in his dory
Runnin' down squires on the
Squid Jiggin' Ground

There's men from the harbor and
Men from the tickle
And all kinds of motor-boats, green
Gray and brown
There’s old Bobby and with him is Nobby
He's chawin' hard tack on
The Squid Jiggin' Ground

Well bless my soul Esther
There's Old Captain West
He's the best hand at squid jiggin' here
I'll be bound hello, what's the row? Why
He's jiggin' one now
The very first squid on
The Squid Jiggin' Ground

The man with the whiskers is old Jacob Steele
He's gettin' quite old
But he's still pretty sound
Well Uncle Bob Hockins wears
Six pairs of stockin's
Whenever he's out on the
Squid Jiggin' Ground

Holy Smoke! What a scuffle!
All hands are excited it's a wonder to me
That there's nobody drowned
There's a bustlin’ confusion
A wonderful hustle
They're all jiggin' squid on
The Squid Jiggin' Ground

Says Bobby
"The squids are on top of the water
I just got me jiggers
'bout one fathom down"
But a squid in the boat
Sqaured right down his throat
And squaring like mad on
The Squid Jiggin' Ground

There's poor Uncle Billy
His whiskers are spattered
With spots of the squid
Juice that's flyin' around
One poor little boy got it right in the eye
But they don't give a darn
On the Squid Jiggin' Ground

So if you ever feel inclined to go squiddin'
Leave your white collar behind in the town
And if you’ll feel get cranky
Without your silk hanky
You'd better steer clear of
The Squid Jiggin' Ground