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