The Wreck Of The Athens Queen

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[Verse 1]

        C                Am
We were drinking down to Reedy's house
     F        G         C
When first we heard the blow
   C                   Am
It seemed to come from Ripper Rock
   F      C        Dm
So boldly forth we go
    F               C
And sure enough the rusty tub
      Am      C      F
Could just be barely seen
       C                 Am
As her stern was high up in the air
   C        F      Am
We made out Athens Queen
F       C      G      C
Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 2]

   C             Am
Me boys I must remind you
          F      G      C
There's a bottle left inside
   C             Am
So let us go and have a few
    F      C       Dm
And wait until low tide
    F                C
And if the sea's not claimed her
         Am      C          F
When the glasses are licked clean
        C                   Am
We will then set forth some dories, lads
    C        F      Am
And see what may be seen
F      C      G      C
On the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 3]

     C                  Am
Some songs and old tall stories then
     F      G        C
Came out to pass the time
    C              Am
Nor could a single bottle
        F     C       Dm
Keep us all until low tide
    F           C
And so it was before we left
    Am       C       F
The house we were at sea
      C              Am
So we scarcely can remember
       C        F      Am
How we made the Athens Queen
F       C      G      C
Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 4]

        C               Am
Oh, the waves inside me belly
        F       G        C
Were as high as those outside
    C                 Am
And though I'm never seasick
       F      C   Dm
I lost dinner overside
      F                 C
'Twas well there was no crew to save
    Am      C          F
For we'd've scared 'em green
         C                Am
We could scarcely keep ourselves
             C       F      Am
From falling off the Athens Queen
F       C      G      C
Oh, the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 5]

      C                   Am
Well, Reedy goes straight down below
    F        G      C
And comes up with a cow
C                     Am
"Hullo!" I said. "Now what would you
   F       C         Dm
Be wantin' with that now?
       F            C
You'll never take a cow home
     Am   C       F
In a dory on such sea"
          C                    Am
"Well, me son," he says, "I've always fancied
C           F     Am
Fresh cream in me tea"
F       C      G      C
For the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 6]

  C              Am
I headed for the galley then
       F     G      C
'Cause I was rather dry
    C             Am
And glad I was to get there quick
    F           C  Dm
For what should I espy
    F               C
Oh, what a shame it would have been
       Am      C      F
For to lose it all at sea:
      C            Am
Forty cases of the best Napoleon
C      F    Am
Brandy ever seen
F      C      G      C
On the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 7]

  C             Am
I loaded twenty cases boys
    F      G       C
And headed for the shore
  C              Am
Unloaded them as quick as that
    F           C        Dm
And then pulled back for more
F                 C
Smith was pullin' for the shore
    Am       C         F
But he could scarce be seen
      C                Am
Under near two hundred chickens
      C       F        Am
And a leather couch of green
F        C      G      C
From the lovely Athens Queen

[Verse 8]

   C                  Am
So here's to all good salvagers
    F       G      C
Likewise to Ripper Rock
    C           Am
And to Napoleon brandy
         F      C         Dm
Of which now we have much stock
   F            C
We eat a lot of chicken
        Am   C        F
And sit on a couch of green
       C               Am
And we wait for Ripper Rock
          C      F      Am
To claim another Athens Queen
F       C      G      C
Oh, the lovely Athens Queen