FAWM: "Sunken Fishing Ship"

Sunken Fishing Ship

2025 by @gavran

There is no demo for this song.

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)

Comments

@cjk 2025

Great mashup. Ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ups. Looking forward to hearing it.

@infilktion 2025

I love mashups! This was fun to sing! Nicely done! -Natalie

@dotsandlines 2025

As soon as I read the liner notes, I had to sing this through! The chorus is a little more tongue-twisting than I expected, but it's too fun to let that stop me. I especially enjoyed the ending (and I'm sure the narrator liked not getting the bends in this version). Now, what would the reverse sound like? Hmm...