“The Good Ship Venus”

Description

A quatrain ballad, this song describes the interminable sexual misadventures of the crew of the Good Ship Venus, whose mast is a rampant penis.

Notes

The limerick-form stanzas with the internal rhyme in the third line of "Good Ship" frequently migrate to "Christopher Columbo." - EC

Cross references

References

  1. Cray, pp. 315-318, "The Good Ship Venus" (2 texts, 1 tune)
  2. Randolph-Legman I, pp. 500-501, "Frigging in the Rigging" (1 text, 1 tune)
  3. DT, FRGGING SHPVENUS
  4. Roud #4836
  5. BI, EM315

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: Vance Randolph firmly dates the three versions in his "Unprintable" Collection from the Ozarks to 1890.
Keywords: bawdy sex humorous ship
Found in: Australia Canada Britain(England) US(NE,MW,So,SW) New Zealand