Biography:
Loudon Wainwright III (born 5 September 1946 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright , children of his marriage to the late Kate McGarrigle. In 1970 he acquired a record deal with Atlantic Records, who released his first album.
A graduate of St. Andrew's School, Wainwright is best known for a 1972 novelty song hit Dead Skunk (in the Middle of the Road)
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Other songs:
- Daughter
- Dead Shunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Dead Skunk In The Middle Of The Road
- Drinking Song
- Got A Ukulele
- Hard Day On The Planet
- Tip That Waitress
- When You Leave
- A Year
- Black Uncle Remus
- Cardboard Boxes
- Dead Man
- Dilated To Meet You
- Donations
- Dreaming
- Four Mirrors
- Ghost Blues
- Glad To See Youve Got Your Religion
- Good Ship Venus
- Grey In La
- Grown Man
- Harlan County
- Heaven
- High Wide Handsome
- Hollywood Hopeful
- Homeless
- Human Cannonball
- I Had A Dream
- I Know Im Unhappy
- I Suppose
- Im Alright
- In C
- Iwiwal
- Love And I Hate It
- Lullaby
- Man And Dog
- Men
- Motel Blues
- Muse Blues
- New Paint
- One Man Guy
- Over The Hill
- Pretty Good Day
- Primrose Hill
- Prince Hals Dirge
- Reciprocity
- Road Ode
- School Days
- So Damn Happy
- Sometimes I Forget
- Strange Weirdos
- Strange Wierdos
- Suddenly Its Christmas
- Surviving Twin
- Swimming Song
- The Days That We Die
- The Picture
- The Shit Song
- Therapy
- Turkish Revelry
- Unfriendly Skies
- Unhappy Anniversary
- Unrequited To The Nth Degree
- Valley Morning
- What Gives
- White Winos
- You Cant Fail Me Now
- Your Mother And I
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[Intro]
G C G D G
[Verse 1]
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On the good ship Venus
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By Christ, you should have seen us
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The figurehead was a whore in bed
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Sucking a dead man's penis
[Verse 2]
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The captain's name was Lugger
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By Christ, he was a bugger
C G
He wasn't fit to shovel shit
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From one ship to another
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F C G
F C G
[Verse 3]
(faster)
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And the second mate was Andy
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By Christ, he had a dandy
C G
Till they crushed his cock on a jagged rock
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For cumming in the brandy
[Verse 4]
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The third mate's name was Morgan
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By God, he was a gorgon
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From half past eight he played till late
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Upon the captain's organ
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
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The captain's wife was Mabel
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And by God, was she able
C G
To give the crew their daily screw
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Upon the galley table
[Verse 6]
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The captain's daughter Charlotte
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Was born and bred a harlot
C G
Her thighs at night were lily white
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By morning they were scarlet
[Instrumental]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 7]
(original tempo)
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The cabin boy was Kipper
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By Christ, he was a nipper
C G
He stuffed his ass with broken glass
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And circumcised the skipper
[Verse 8]
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The captain's lovely daughter
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Liked swimming in the water
C G
Delighted squeals came when some eels
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Found her sexual quarters
[Instrumental]
(faster)
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[Verse 9]
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The cook, his name was Freeman
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And he was a dirty demon
C G
And he fed the crew on menstrual stew
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And hymens fried in semen
[Verse 10]
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And the ship's dog was called Rover
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And we turned the poor thing over
C G
And ground and ground that faithful hound
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From Teneriff to Dover
[Instrumental]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 11]
(original tempo)
G
When we reached our station
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Through skillful navigation
C G
The ship got sunk in a wave of spunk
G D G
From too much fornication
[Verse 12]
G
On the good ship Venus
G
By Christ, you should have seen us
C G
The figurehead was a whore in bed
G D G
Sucking a dead man's penis
[Outro]
(faster)
G C G D G
G C G D G
[Verse 1]
G
On the good ship Venus
G
By Christ, you should have seen us
C G
The figurehead was a whore in bed
G D G
Sucking a dead man's penis
[Verse 2]
G
The captain's name was Lugger
G
By Christ, he was a bugger
C G
He wasn't fit to shovel shit
G D G
From one ship to another
[Instrumental]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 3]
(faster)
G
And the second mate was Andy
G
By Christ, he had a dandy
C G
Till they crushed his cock on a jagged rock
G D G
For cumming in the brandy
[Verse 4]
G
The third mate's name was Morgan
G
By God, he was a gorgon
C G
From half past eight he played till late
G D G
Upon the captain's organ
[Instrumental]
G C G D G
[Verse 5]
G
The captain's wife was Mabel
G
And by God, was she able
C G
To give the crew their daily screw
G D G
Upon the galley table
[Verse 6]
G
The captain's daughter Charlotte
G
Was born and bred a harlot
C G
Her thighs at night were lily white
G D G
By morning they were scarlet
[Instrumental]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 7]
(original tempo)
G
The cabin boy was Kipper
G
By Christ, he was a nipper
C G
He stuffed his ass with broken glass
G D G
And circumcised the skipper
[Verse 8]
G
The captain's lovely daughter
G
Liked swimming in the water
C G
Delighted squeals came when some eels
G D G
Found her sexual quarters
[Instrumental]
(faster)
G C G D G
[Verse 9]
G
The cook, his name was Freeman
G
And he was a dirty demon
C G
And he fed the crew on menstrual stew
G D G
And hymens fried in semen
[Verse 10]
G
And the ship's dog was called Rover
G
And we turned the poor thing over
C G
And ground and ground that faithful hound
G D G
From Teneriff to Dover
[Instrumental]
F C G
F C G
[Verse 11]
(original tempo)
G
When we reached our station
G
Through skillful navigation
C G
The ship got sunk in a wave of spunk
G D G
From too much fornication
[Verse 12]
G
On the good ship Venus
G
By Christ, you should have seen us
C G
The figurehead was a whore in bed
G D G
Sucking a dead man's penis
[Outro]
(faster)
G C G D G
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