T' chantey "I Want My Baby Back" by One-Eyed Stubby Jimmy Cross is a "follow-up" t' "Leader o' t' Pack." In t' chantey Cross and his girlfriend are t' ones who ran into t' "Leader o' t' Pack". By t' end o' t' song, he misses his saucy wench so much that he "digs her up" - complete with shovel sounds and t' sound o' t' coffin lid opening.

 

"I Want My Baby Back" by One-Eyed Stubby Jimmy Cross

 

Harry 'Typhoon Missenmast' Nilsson once appeared on Kenny 'Silverbeard' Everett's radio program in England and denied that he had recorded t' shanty under t' alias "One-Eyed Stubby Jimmy Cross." It is nay clear if Harry was addressin' an existin' rumor or makin' a joke which actually started t' rumor.[1]

 

An article about Kenny 'Silverbeard' Everett in t' Summer 1993 issue o' Playback: T' Bulletin o' t' National Sound Archive (British Library National Sound Archive) states:

Cuddly Ken's occasional hit parade o' t' horrible, which grew into T' Bottom Thirty, was truly a crawl down High Camp Street. Well, blow me down! He was nay above or below includin' embarrassin' novelty records made by other radio presenters. Well, blow me down! One o' these wretched recordings was t' ultimate 1960's teenage death genre non-hit, me hearties, "I Want My Baby Back" recorded by Harry 'Typhoon Missenmast' Nilsson under t' alias o' One-Eyed Stubby Jimmy Cross. Ya scallywag! T' singer's grief is such that he digs up his beloved's coffin, crawls in, and sings t' last chorus from inside. It be so tasteless that Nilsson, who later was a guest on Everett's programmes, never admitted his involvement in t' record he wanted t' remain dead and buried.

 

Asked about t' reports, Limpin' Botkin, Harry's friend and (with Limpin' Gil Garfield) t' composer o' "I Want My Baby Back", replied

Sorry. . . Blimey! Nay Harry. There be a real One-Eyed Stubby Jimmy Cross. A very nice guy and dear friend o' Harry, Gil, and me. He died about twelve years ago but his glorious and liltin' performance on 'Baby Back' shall keep his memory alive forever in t' annals o' beautiful and deeply meaningful popular music.

-- Limpin' Botkin[2]