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Rank this week: 31 (↑48)
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Duration:
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6:00
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Release Date:
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1977 (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Lyrics By:
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Leslie Fish (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Music By:
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Trad. (Boston Burglar) (Stavro Arrgolus)
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Published By:
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Licensing:
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BMI #86744
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Keywords:
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FILK, LESLIE FISH, NOTORIOUS SONGS, SPACE, STAR TREK
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| Facts: |
| Originally from the album "Solar Sailors" (1977) (Stavro Arrgolus) |
| Legendary filker Leslie Fish is notoriously antagonistic toward this creation of hers. She wrote it to order, to fill a 7 minute shortage on the 'Solar Sailors' album, and regrets doing so.
She's become so annoyed with it that she refuses to play it at
filksings and has been known to stop anyone else who dares to play it in her presence. (Stavro Arrgolus) |
| According to her website, Leslie Fish says the song is full of fluff -- which kind of goes again her activist mindset. Another reason she regrets writing the song is because it was requested so many times at sci-fi conventions that she just can bear the thought of hearing it again! (nab6215) |
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| Song Lyrics: |
When we pulled into Argo port in need of R&R,
The crew set out investigating every joint and bar
We had high expectations of their hospitality,
But found too late it wasn't geared for spacers such as we
(chorus:)
And we're banned from Argo, everyone
Banned from Argo, just for having a little fun
We spent a jolly shore leave there for just three days or four
But Argo doesn't want us any more
The captain's tastes were simple, but his methods were complex
We found him with five partners, each of a different world and sex
The shore police were on the way, we had no second chance
We beamed him up in the nick of time in the remnants of his pants
(chorus)
Our engineer would yield to none at putting down the brew
He out-drank seven space marines and a dee-molition crew
The navigator didn't win, but he out drank almost all
And now they've got a shuttlecraft on the roof of City Hall
(chorus)
Our proper, cool first officer was drugged with something green
And hauled into an alley, where he suffered things obscene
He sobered up in sickbay and he's none the worse for wear
Except he's somehow taught the bridge computer how to swear
(chorus)
The head nurse disappeared awhile in the major dope Bazaar
Buying an odd green potion guaranteed to cause Pon-Farr
She came home with no uniform and an oddly cheerful heart
And a painful way of walking with her feet a yard apart
(chorus)
Our lady of communications won a shipwide bet
By getting into the planet's main communications net
Now every time someone calls up on an Argo telescreen,
The flesh is there, but the clothes they wear are nowhere to be seen
(chorus)
Our doctor loves humanity; his private life is quiet
The shore police arrested him for inciting whores to riot
We found him in the city jail, locked on and beamed him free
Intact except for hickeys and six kinds of VD
(chorus)
Our helmsman loves exotic plants; the plants all love him too
He took some down on leave with him and we wondered what they'd do
'Til the planetary governor called and swore upon his life
That a gang of plants entwined his house and then seduced his wife!
(chorus)
A gang of pirates landed, and nobody seemed to care
They stamped into the nearest bar to announce that they were there
Half our crew was busy there, and invited them to play
But the pirates only looked at us, and turned and ran away
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Our crew is Starfleet's finest, and our record is our pride
And when we play, we tend to leave a trail a mile wide
We're sorry about the wreckage and the riots and the fuss
At least we're sure that planet won't be quick forgetting us!
(chorus)
Wonder why...
©1977 Leslie Fish (Stavro Arrgolus) |
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Current Rating
7.5
(4 votes)
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| Played on 11 shows: |
 | 09-29-96, #96-39 |  | 05-22-09, #MMDT20_09-21 |
| 09-03-06, #06-36 | | 10-18-09, #MMCZ-09-38 |
| 04-15-07, #MMS-74 | | 10-02-10, #10-40 |
| 06-03-07, #MMS-80 | | 02-19-12, #MMS-154 |
| 07-07-07, #ROTP_150 | | 11-25-12, #MMS-158 |
| 04-04-08, #MMDT20_08-13 | | |
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