Jakey's Gin - Great Big Sea

When I was a young man I was let astray

I met with a body down in Logy Bay

We went out in a weather

We wore out our shoes,

And up Kingsway road for a drink or two

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten

Drink 'er up boys its well after ten.

Some people say that the pinky is fine

Others will swear by a drop of moonshine

But as for myself I’m a bottle of each,

mixed in with a gallon of dipper or screech

Its the old shavin’lotion thats made me this way

Sweeter than Pepsi and stronger than tea

And when in the evening when we’re feeling fine

We’ll stop into Jakey’s for icon and shine

Its the old shavin’lotion thats made me this way

Sweeter than Pepsi and stronger than tea

And when in the morning when I’m feeling rough

I curse, ol’Jakey who sold me this stuff