Sunken Fishing Ship

1 week ago by @gavran

Liner Notes

“The Mary Ellen Carter” by Stan Rogers
rewritten to the tune of “Yellow Submarine” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

The idea and first verse wandered into my brain a long time ago, and hibernated there.
It is fitting they should rise again, I guess.

#filk #hope

Lyrics

In the town where I am drunk
Moored a ship now down below
Let me tell you of our hope
Of raising this sunken ship

So she sailed into a rock
Steered wrong by a drunk skipper
And she sunk beneath the waves
Despite all our best efforts

[Chorus]
We all lust for a sunken fishing ship,
Sunken fishing ship, sunken fishing ship.
We all lust for a sunken fishing ship,
Sunken fishing ship, sunken fishing ship.

And the bosses were all arseholes
Laughed in our face, then let us go
But we won't let her be lost
To the knowledge of seamen

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Into the deep, fellow sailor, into the deep
Into the deep it is, comrade
Patch her rents, hit the air!
Aye-aye, friend, aye-aye
Raise again! Raise again!

As we live a life of struggle
Every one of us (Every one of us) knows what to do (knows what to do)
Strength of arm (Strength of arm!) and strength of heart (Strength of heart!)
We will always (We will always) raise again! (Raise again!)

[Chorus] (repeated)

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