The Wreck Of The Athens Queen

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 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 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