....In his book I Joined the Navy and Saw the World Ivor Burston describes how,, at the Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport, in 1943, he helped write the original lyrics, and adds: 'This was first sung in the Beer Bar and Batchy Payne was the pianist.' 45 The Oggie Song Where be going to Jagger? I be going to Looe. Gor! Bugger Jagger! I be going there too. Chorus Oh 'ow 'appy us will be When us gets to the Westcountree Where the oggies grow on trees Gor! Bugger Jagger! Up the Cambrone Hill we go Down to Heston Ferry Come on Jagger, don't be late, Come on Jagger, hurry. Chorus Oh 'ow 'appy, etc. Half a pound of flour and marge Makes lovely clacker Just enough for you and me Gor! Bugger Jagger! Chorus: Oh 'ow 'appy, etc. You make fast, I'll make fast, Make fast the dinghy, You make fast, I'll make fast, (or 'kiss my arse') Make fast the dinghy, And we'll all go back to Oggie Land, To Oggie Land, to Oggie Land, Yes we'll all go back to Oggie Land, where they don't know sugar from Tissue paper, tissue paper, marmalade and jam. Shout: OGGIE! OGGIE! OGGIE! Response: OINK! OINK! OINK! Supplementary chorus: One the quarter deck I lie Have some starry-gazy pie Have another pint of beer with I Gor! Bugger Jagger! To indicate the tune(s) to which the above words are sung is a little complicated. The first three verses and chorus are based on the hymn 'There is a Happy Land, Far, Far Away'. The remainder of the song is to the unte 'Marching to Pretoria', part from the final two lines, which have a tune of their own. The "Make fast the dinghy' quatrain was taken over, I believe, from a marching song of the Corps of Royal Engineers... Grey Funnel Lines by Cyril Tawney. See here: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Grey_Funnel_Lines/r01ACwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22oggie%20land%22%20OR%20%22oggieland%22%20song&pg=PT97&printsec=frontcover
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