Stan Rogers - The Wreck of the Athens Queen lyrics

We were drinking down to Reedy's house When first we heard the blow It seemed to come from Ripper Rock So boldly forth to go And sure enough the rusty tub Could just be barely seen As her stern was high up in the air We made out Athens Queen O, 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 gla**es 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 pa** 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 we scarcely can remember How we made the Athens Queen O, the lovely Athens Queen O 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 O, 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 the cow home In a dory on such sea Well me friend he says I've always fancied Fresh cream in me tea For the lovely Athens Queen I headed for the galley then Cause I was rather dry And glad I was to get there quick For what should I spy O what a shame it would have been For to lose it all at sea Forty cases of the best Napolean 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 pullin' 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 So here's to all good salvagers Likewise to Ripper Rock And to Napolean 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 O, the lovely Athens Queen