Oh, the hog-eye man is the man fer me, An’ he came down here from the Tennesee. With a hog-eye! Railroad Nelly with a hog-eye! Row the boat ashore, an’ a hog-eye, Oh! She wants a hog-eye man!
He came to the shack where his Jinny she did dwell, An’ he knocked on ‘er door an’ he rang ‘er bell.
Oh, Jinny’s in the garden a-pickin’ peas, An’ the hair of ‘er head hangin’ down to ‘er knees.
Oh, Jinny’s in the kitchen a-makin’ duff, The cheeks of ‘er ass goin’ chuff, chuff, chuff.
Oh, who’s bin here since I bin gone, Some big buck slugger with ‘is sea-boots on.
If I cotch ‘im here wi’ me Jinny any more, I’ll sling me hook an’ I’ll go to sea some more.
Oh, Jinny’s in the garden a-siftin’ sang An’ the hog-eye man sittin’ hand-in-hand.
Oh the hog-eye man is the man fer me, For he is blind, an’ he cannot see.
Oh, a hog-eye ship an’ a hog-eye crew, A hog-eye mate an’ a skipper too.
