“Caviar Comes from Virgin Sturgeon”
Description
This quatrain ballad extols the virtues of caviar as an aphrodisiac; reports that the singer's parents were a lighthouse keeper and a mermaid; and details the sex lives of various denizens of the deep
Notes
While the recording on "The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men" is [listed as] "Eddystone Light," it's mostly this song. Of course, they overlap so heavily that the distinction is fishy. - PJS
Cross references
- cf. "Reuben and Rachel" (tune)
- cf. "The Keeper of the Eddystone Light" (theme)
Recordings
- Anonymous singers, "The Keeper of the Eddystone Light" (on Unexp1)
- Charley Drew, "Caviar Comes from Virgin Sturgeon" (Party 6A/Musicraft Party 6A/Gala 2101, n.d. but probably 1939-1940)
References
- Cray, pp. 240-243, "Caviar Comes from the Virgin Sturgeon" (3 texts, 1 tune)
- JHJohnson, pp. 124-126, "The Ballad of The Virgin Sturgeon" (1 text)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 157, "The Virgin Sturgeon" (1 text)
- DT, VRGNSTRG* VRGNSTR2* VRGNSTR3*
- Roud #10131
- BI, EM240