Roller Bowler
(Good Morning Ladies All)

as led by Barry Finn on Fathom This © 2007
Barry Finn and Neil Downey

As I roved out one mornin',
A-way, you roller bowler!
As I roved out one mornin'
I met a dou-dou fair;
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

The first time that I met her,
A-way, you roller bowler!
The first time that I met her,
That saucy gal of mine –
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

She winked an' flipped her flipper,
A-way, you roller bowler!
She winked an' flipped her flipper,
She thought I was a Mate –
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

But when she found that I was skint,
A-way, you roller bowler!
Well, when she found that I was skint,
She left me standing there –
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

The last time that I saw her,
A-way, you roller bowler!
The last time that I saw her,
Was down the waterside –
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

Oh, you ladies short an' ladies tall,
A-way, you roller bowler!
Oh, you ladies short an' ladies tall,
I love you one and all –
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

A-way, you roller bowler!
Timme, hey-rig-a-jig a-jig a ha-ha,
Good morning, ladies all!

Marek Siurawski sang this shanty to the crew during a sail change during the 1992 tall ship parade in Boston Harbor.