Snow Hank – Squid Jiggin Ground chords

Words & Music by Arthur R. Scammell
Recorded by Hank Snow

      C Oh this is the place where the fishermen gather
    F            C                  A7          G7       In oil-skins and boots and the Cape hats batten down;
    C        F            G7              CAll sizes of figures with squid lines and jiggers,
     C                       G7           CThey congregate here on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

         CSome are workin' their jiggers, while others are yarnin',
        F             C              A7         G7       There's some standin' up and there's more lyin' down;
      C            F              G7         C While all kinds of fun, jokes and drinks are begun,
        C                         G7            CAs they wait for the squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

        CThere's men of all ages and boys in the bargain,
        F         C                A7            G7       There's old Billy Cave and there's young Raymond Brown;
        C             F       G7          CThere's Rip, Red and Gory out here in the dory,
   C                          G7            C  A runnin' down squires on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

        CThere's men from the harbor, there's men from the tickle,
     F           C            A7              G7       And all kinds of motor-boats, green, gray and brown;
      C         F         G7          CRight yonder is Bobby and with him is Nobby,
     C                        G7            CHe's chawin' hard tack on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

    CGod bless my soul, list to, there's Skipper John Champy,
         F            C             A7            G7       He's the best hand at squid jiggin' here, I'll be bound;
C                  F            G7          CHello, what's the row? Why he's jiggin' one now,
    C                       G7            CThe very first squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

    CThe man with the whiskers is old Jacob Steele,
     F            C            A7           G7       He's gettin' well on, but he's still pretty sound;
      C         F              G7           CWhile Uncle Bob Hockins wears six pairs of stockin's
    C                    G7            CWhenever he's out on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

     CHoly Smoke! What a scuffle! All hands are excited,
       F         C               A7     G7       It's a wonder to me that there's nobody drowned;
          C       F              G7        CThere's a bustle, confusion, the wonderful hustle,
            C                    G7            CThey're all jiggin' squid on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

     CSays Barney, "The squids are on top of the water,
   F           C            A7           G7       I just felt me jiggers jig five fat homs down
      C            F             G7         CBut a squid in the boat squirted right down his throat,
          C                      G7            CNow he's swearin'like mad on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

        CThere's poor Uncle Louie, his whiskers are spattered
     F            C                  A7      G7       With spots of the squid juice that's flyin' around;
    C           F          G7           COne poor little guy got it right in the eye,
         C                        G7             CBut they don't give a darn on the Squid Jiggin' Ground.

     CNow, if you feel inclined to go squiddin',
F                C               A7            G7       Leave your white shirt and your collar in the town;
    C          F          G7            CAnd if you get cranky without your silk hanky,
      C                         G7            CYou'd better steer clear of the Squid Jiggin' Ground.