Don't You Rocka Daddy-O  (Bill Varley / Wally Whyton)
as sung by Lonnie Donegan 1957


Me an' my brother was goin' to town
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Ridin' a billy goat, leadin' a hound
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Hound dog bark, billy goat jump
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Throw'd my brother right over that stump
Sing away, ladies, sing away

Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O

Well, my old auntie promised me
Sing away, ladies, sing away
When she died she's will to me
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Well, she lived so long her head got bald
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Why, she got out the notion of dyin' at all
Sing away, ladies, sing away

Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O

Sing away, ladies, sing away

Sing away, ladies, sing away

Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O

Ah, me an' my brother was comin' into town
Sing away, ladies, sing away
Ridin' a billy goat, leadin' a hound
Sing away, ladies, sing away

Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O
Don't you rock me, Daddy-O!


(Transcribed from the Lonnie Donegan
recording by Bill Huntley - January 2006)

Don't You Rocka Daddy-O
As recorded by The Vipers Skiffle Group


Now me and my wife went to town
(Sail away lady, sail away)
We went to buy a ten dollar gown
(Sail away lady, sail away)

Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o

She tried the green, she tried the red
(Sail away lady, sail away)
I'll have 'em both that's what she said
(Sail away lady, sail away)

Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Now, don't you rock me daddy-o

Well, she put one on and then looked a treat
(Sail away lady, sail away)
Then found another man to meet
(Sail away lady, sail away)

Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Now, don't you rock me daddy-o

Now mister leave my girl alone
(Sail away lady, sail away)
Well, she gets what she wants at home
(Sail away lady, sail away)

Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Now, don't you rock me daddy-o

I'm going upstairs to pack my trunk
(Sail away lady, sail away)
Gonna find a bar and get me drunk
(Sail away lady, sail away)

Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Oh, don't you rock me daddy-o
Well, don't you rock me daddy-o
Don't you rock me daddy-o
Now, don't you rock me daddy-o