Stan Rogers - The Wreck Of The Athens Queen lyrics

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We were drinking down to Reedy's house

When first we heard the blow

It seemed to come from Ripper Rock

So boldly forth we go

And, sure enough, a rusty tub

Could just be barely seen

As her stern was high up in the air

We made out "Athens Queen"

Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

Me boys, I must remind you,

There's a bottle left inside

So let us go and have a few

And wait until low tide

And if the sea's not claimed her

When the glasses are licked clean

We will then set forth some dories, lads,

And see what may be seen

On the lovely Athens Queen

Some songs and old tall stories then

Came out to pass the time

Nor could a single bottle

Keep us all until low tide

And so it was before we left

The house we were at sea

So I scarcely can remember

How we made the Athens Queen

Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

Oh the waves inside me belly

Were as high as those outside

And though I'm never seasick,

I lost dinner overside

T'was well there was no crew to save

For we'd have scared 'em green

We could scarcely keep ourselves

From falling off the Athens Queen

Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

Well, Reedy goes straight down below

And comes up with a cow

"Hello", I said, "now what would you

Be wantin' with that now?"

"You'll never take a cow home

In a dory on such seas!"

"Well me son, he says I've always fancied

Fresh cream in me tea

'Fore the lovely Athens Queen."

I headed for the galley, then,

As I was rather dry

And glad I was to get there quick

For what should I espy?

Oh what a shame it would have been

For to lose it all at sea

Forty cases of the best Napoleon

Brandy ever seen

On the lovely Athens Queen

I loaded twenty cases, boys,

Then headed for the shore

Unloaded them as quick as that

And then pulled back for more

Smith was pulling for the shore

But he could scarce be seen

Under near two hundred chickens

And a leather couch of green

From the lovely Athens Queen

Well, here's to all good salvagers

Likewise to Ripper Rock

And to Napoleon brandy of which

Now we have much stock

We eat a lot of chicken

And sit on a couch of green

And we wait for Ripper Rock

To claim another Athens Queen

Oh, the lovely Athens Queen