Oh ma darlin..Oh ma Darlin..Oh Ma Darlin Fog - on - Tyne-!When the summer is settin and the winter is anew
and ya got crumbs on the brain
and ya belly's pining on the stew
Did ya spent all yer pennies on a bottle o'sweet rum?
and did ya get yer name tatteed on a lady's sweet bum?
ah ya bastard, ya eejit
ya nobhead, ya devil
now yer ship has gone landed
o'er in Limehouse fckin' basan
To The George, the sweet George Tavern
where we'll lets be gets wastan!
So here we are, The 9th Leave indeed...and what treats
we do be avin'...
We've got a Stepney Chutney Circus filled jar o live
music from...
THIS IS LAURA.... Two minx's from manxville, via gael and madrid, o'er the deep seas of sadness, down to the depths of thee heart, with a harp they are armed and a fiddle by there side they tell of lost souls and the greatness of pears and ye all fare to listen while they sell ya their wares... for your pleasure.
MISS COOKIE THE CUTTER: Well...ya...know how it goes, when the ole steam train blows, and ya heart it gets stolen away, thats the sound of sweet sorrow, that ya hear from a window, of Miss Cookie on the piana, howlin through the joanna, now don't you go stealin' her aways....
MISS SCARLETTE O' HARLETE: Hey you, keep your hands to yourself, whilst this vixin is mixin up the demons in your panty ho's...her performance kept shrowded, a mystery, her story untold, but her presence will be most welcomed by thee sailors and all!
TRANSIBERIAN MARCHING BAND: Christ there's an army of em coming o'er them hills, but wait..they aren't here to kill...oh no no..they're here to spank our sorry arses with a big klezmer, balkan gypsy stick...bend over and get ready to party!!!!!!!!
Did i not mention we got our inhouse Jonny DeMonique on the finely crafted tatts..get there early for no disappointment a pound a pop!
Miss Amy Gwatkins with the picture making machine and the presence of a siren here to tempt you into her little camera box..smile please!
and lastly FREE RUM on the door!
no, wait...and its McKraken's Birthday so lets send im off with A glass o shite and a bottle of good hope!
see ye there ma dears!
xxxxx
McKrakenX
"Shore Leave" Saturday 8th Nov at the George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, London, E1 0LA. 7pm-Late
SHORE LEAVE is a night for love-sick sailor boys and girls, world weary sea-pilots, stowaways, jazz heads, immigrants and lovers. All under the roof of the George Tavern on Commercial Road, tales of the sea and strange foreign ports will be told, Singapore Swing and Sea Shanty's and chanson from far flung ports.
-Dancing records from the Shore Leave DJ's, Duncan DeMorgan (Born Bad, The Woodsmen) and Zachary McKraken (The Plank, The Woodsmen).
Dressing very much encouraged, thus: Undead U-boat Captains, South Pacific Sailor Boys, Rum-Swilling Navy Gunners, Tattooed Powder Monkeys, Love Sick Cabin Boys, Port Whores, Whalers, Sailors and Gaolers all pay 4 quid, and all those who can't be fucked to make an effort pay 6 quid.
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