Caviar (Virgin Sturgeon) Song from "In Our Cups"

Caviar (Virgin Sturgeon) as sung by “In Our Cups” on their CD “Foolish Pleasures”

(This song is sung with a sort of reggae beat. The one girl keeps up this rhythm throughout the song.)

Opening rhythm:

Bum… bum bum. Ba dum bum bum

Bum .. bum bum.. ba dum bum bum

Repeat once; then song starts, with this rhythm continuing. Song opens with the Chorus:

Caviar comes from a virgin sturgeon,

Virgin Sturgeon is a very good fish.

No good Sturgeon wants to be a virgin,

That’s why Caviar is a very rare dish.

Verse 1:

Shad row comes from a Scarlet Shad Fish.

Shad fish have a very sad fate,

A pregnant Shad fish is a sad fish,

Gets that way without a mate.

Chorus:

Verse 2:

Mrs Clam is optimistic

Shoots her eggs out in the sea

Hopes her suitor is a shooter

Hits the self same spot as she.

Chorus:

Verse 3:

Green Sea Turtles mate is happy

With her lovers winning ways

First he grips her with his flippers

Then they flip for days and days.

Chorus:

Verse 4:

Oysters a prolific Bivalve

Keeps its inards in its shell

How they diddle is a riddle

But they do so what the hell.

Chorus:

Verse 5:

The Trout is just a little Salmon

Just half grown and minus scales

But the trout just like the salmon

Can’t get it off without his tail.

Chorus:

Verse 6:

Give a thought to the Happy Cod Fish,

Always there when duty calls.

Female Cod Fish is an Odd Fish

From her come those Cod Fish Balls.

Chorus:

Verse 7:

Mrs Crabs a sad Crustacean,

Once she has become a wife

In her den she can lay eggs plenty

But mates, just one time in her life.

Chorus:

Verse 8:

Think about the humble Ludefisk

It’s just Cod that’s soaked in Lye

All the poor way up in Norway eat it

And we don’t ask why.

Chorus:

Verse 9:

Whales come in all shapes and sizes,

Blue and white, humpbacked and sperm

What their doin’ when their woo’in’

Always seems to make her squirm.

Chorus:

Verse 10:

Every living creature does it

Without making lots of fuss

When they do it, they don’t rue it,

So, my darlin’, why not us.

Chorus:

Caviar comes from a virgin sturgeon,

Virgin Sturgeon is a very good fish.

No good Sturgeon wants to be a virgin,

That’s why Caviar is a very rare dish.

 

Repeat last line of Chorus.