From rec.boats.paddle:
"A folkie, Camille West, wrote a song about a yuppie family who bought a cabin cruiser and took it out, not knowing what they were doing, and wrecked it. Sung like an old sea chanty, it's delightful. It's titled
"The Nervous Wreck of Edna Fitzgerald."
[excerpt]
"...My husband, the Captain, was checking the charts,
While the cruiser was burning up fu-el,
And the kid threw the cat in, trolling for sharks,
He called it a project for schoo-ool,
I reached in to pull the cat in by the tail,
When I saw what was left, my complexion went pale,
That's when I lost my lunch over the rail,
And the kid thought the whole thing was coo-ool;
Mommy was not feeling too well..."
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Camille West sings solo and with Four Bitchin' Babes. If you're a Dr. Demento listener, you'll be familiar with her hilarious "Viagra in the Water" - worth a listen.
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