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The Mining Ship the Red Dwarf
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The song is a parody of the Scottish song, 'The Bonnie Ship the Diamond.' It tells the story of the 'coolest' character on the British TV show 'Red Dwarf.'
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Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingna
Marc Gunn is an Irish and Scottish folk singer with a strange affinity for Celtic ballads, drinking songs and cats, and he is the lead singer for the Brobdingnagian Bards.
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Genre
World • Traditional Celtic
Charts
Peak #164
Peak in subgenre #16
Author
words Marc Gunn/music traditional
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Marc Gunn
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January 18, 2006
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MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 3:07
Story behind the song
It's taken me over a year 'research' this song (boy, if research were like this in college...). At long, I finish it. The song is a parody of the Scottish song, 'The Bonnie Ship the Diamond.' It tells the story of the 'coolest' character on the British TV show 'Red Dwarf.' Course, it was written for my Irish Drinking Songs for Cat Lovers.'
Lyrics
The mining ship the Red Dwarf Is careening off into space. Three million years its been adrift. You're the last of the human race. You were frozen in a stasis tube For saving Frankenstein The cat race Grandma was in the hull When it became "Gazpacho" time. --chorus-- And it's cheer up MREOOW! How I'm looking now? On the mining ship the Red Dwarf I'm the coolest Cat around. I'll have one fish for my breakfast. I'll have two fish for my tea. I'll learn to fish from the food dispenser. Six fish is all I need. I wear my suit of gold lamee And earrings like fish bones I spend my day investigating And playing with my Yo-Yo. (Look at my shiny thing) If the despair squid gets his way I may lose my cool and flip. Imagine I have buck teeth so big Druids go there to worship. Some may say that I'm a shallow guy. But the Inquistor knows it's true. But an arse like mine is quite divine So have a look or two. Here's a health to my man Ace Rimmer Likewise to Frankenstein Here's a health now to that mirror there I can see I'm looking fine. My organs are color-coordinated My stomach is feng shui My heart it thumps with a funky beat Like a salsa dance gourmet. I'm gonna get you little fishies I'm gonna get you little fish. I hope I don't break another tooth In a future echo rift. Then I'll play a game called Better Than Life Have a mermaid girlfriend She's top half fish and lass below And tastes good on both ends.
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