[Dixielandjazz] Barnacle Bill The Sailor

[dmr at domitype.com]

There is a huge discussion of this song on the Mudcat.org forum - http://www.mudcat.org just put Barnacle Bill in their search box. Lots of variations, some even verging on "polite" ;-)

Dave Richoux

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Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Barnacle Bill The Sailor


I have no personal memory of singing the song, but the lyrics I was once given quickly differ from those presented here. I suspect there are many different versions, but the one I have is as follows, with most of the repetition edited out for the sake of brevity and the language lightly censored in a futile attempt to make it appear more decent:

"Who's that at my door?" 
"Who's that at my door?" 
"Who's that at my door?" 
Asked the fair maiden.