English Versions 44 A. Hares on the Mountain
CONTENTS:
1) Blackbirds and Thrishes- Lover 1837
2) Rory O' More Hares on the Mountain- Sharp (3 versions) 1903
3) O Sally My Dear- Barnard (Bridgewater) 1906
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Mess Songs and Rhymes of the RAAF 1939-1945 this being the 1961 reprint (possibly by Donald Laycock).
ROLL YOUR LEG OVER
I left Milne Bay with a low desire (3 times)
Scratching my itches, my balls were on fire,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.
1 went to a hotel a-scratching my itches (3 times)
The first thing I did was to haul down my breetches,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.
I met with a maiden and she was a-weeping (3 times)
And then there began such a crawling and creeping,
So roll your log over, roll your leg over once more.
I said to the maid,"'"May I come to bed with you?" (3 times)
The maiden replied, "You're not handcuffed or tied",
So roll you leg over, roll your leg over once more.
I said to the maiden "I cannot get in yer" (3 times)
The maiden replied, "There's a knife by the winder"
So roll your log over, rollyour leg over once more.
The knife it was sharp and her drawers split asunder (3 times)
And then we heard music and lightning and thunder,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.
In three months time the maid sat a-weeping, (3 times)
And then she remembered the crawling and creeping,
So roll your leg over, rollyour log over once more.
In six months time the baby stirred in her (3 times)
And then she remembered the knife in the winder,
So roll your log over, roll your leg over once more.
In nine months time the maid split asunder, (3 times)
And then she remembered the lightning and thunder,
So roll your leg over, roll your leg over once more.
Now all you young maidens, let this be a warning, (3 times)
Don!t leave your precautions until the next morning,
So roll your leg over, roll your log over once more.