This is a traditional Scottish song. We customise the words to work for the venues in which we sing Shanties (of course).
Here’s our version:
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Everybody’s happy and everybody’s there
An we’re a’ makin’ merry, each in his chair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
When you’re tired and weary and you’re feeling blue
Don’t give way tae sorrow, I’ll tell you what to do
Just tak’ a trip tae redfer. and find the wee room underneath the stairs
And go doon tae the wee room underneath the stair
When your team has won the day
And you want to cher
Just take a trip to Redfern (Surry Hills / Marrickville)
Find the Dock bar (Nocturne / Wayward) there
Have yourself a bevy
And …
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Everybody’s happy and everybody’s there
We’re a’ makin’ merry, each in his chair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
The king went oot a-hunting, his fortune for tae seek
He missed his train at Sydenham and went missing for a week
Now after months of searching, of sorrow and despair
They found him in the wee room underneath the stair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Everybody’s happy and everybody’s there
We’re a’ makin’ merry, each in his chair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
When I’m auld and feeble and my bones are gettin’ set
Ah’ll no get cross and grumpy like other people get
Ah’m savin’ up ma bawbees tae buy a hurly chair
Tae tak’ me tae the wee room underneath the stair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Everybody’s happy and everybody’s there
We’re a’ makin’ merry, each in his chair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
Everybody’s happy and everybody’s there
And we’re a’ makin’ merry, each in his chair
Doon in the wee room underneath the stair
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Featured Image: (C) Cindy Tonkin 2025 a comfy chair at Vaucluse House, Sydney, Australia.
