Tuesday, February 2, 2016

‘Friggin’ In The Riggin’

‘Good Ship Venus’, better known as ‘Friggin' in the Riggin', is a bawdy drinking song contrived to shock the hell outta listeners with the lewdest and crudest lyrics of sexual debauchery imaginable! The portrayal of the ship's morally loose crew is quite likely the result of Privateering & Buccaneering during the Sixteenth to Nineteenth Centuries!!  There have been many variations from the origin which particularly speak to the Captain’s daughter…

The captain's daughter Charlotte
Was born and bred a harlot
Her thighs at night
Were Lily White
By morning they were Scarlet.

The ultimate fate of the original ship Venus is unknown, though there have been five ships in Her Majesty’s Navy with such a name! The most current lyrics of the song were made famous by the English Punk Rock Group ‘The Sex Pistols’ and were revived again later by the American Speed Metal Group ‘Anthrax’…

It was on the good ship Venus
By Christ, ya should’a seen us
The figurehead was a whore in bed
And the mast, a mammoth penis

The Captain of this lugger
He was a dirty bugger
He wasn’t fit to shovel shit
From one place to another

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck else to do

Captain’s name was Morgan
By Christ, he was a gorgon
Ten times a day sweet tunes he’d play
With his fuckin’ organ

The first mate’s name was Cooper
By Christ, he was a trooper
He jerked and jerked until he worked
Himself into a stupor

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

The second mate was Andy
By Christ, he had a dandy
Till they crushed his cock on a jagged rock
For cumming in the brandy

The cabin boy was Flipper
He was a fuck’n nipper
He stuffed his ass with broken glass
And circumcised the Skipper

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

The Captain’s wife was Mabel
To fuck, she wasn’t able
So the dirty shits, they nailed her tits
Across the barroom table

The Captain had a daughter
Who fell in deep sea water
And by her squeals we knew the eels
Had found her sexual quarters

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
Friggin’ in the riggin
There was fuck all else to do

Oh… Those Damned Sailors and Their Shanties... AAARGH!”


1 comment:

  1. What shall we do with the drunken sailor?

    As the lyrics go,
    "Put 'im in a cabin with captain's daughter..." ;)

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