Space Shanty lyrics

I met her in Mars-Port just three months ago
On a tavern call Aspenore 12
A woman called Myrtle had spent all my pay
And I hadn't enough for the bill

They sent round the bullies to example me
And my mates were there to defend
For though they be deck-rats and sc*m of the void
They'll stick by a mate 'til the end

(CHORUS)
And it's ki-li-riddi ki-whiskey-and-rye
I'm locked in a rat-hole with ten!
For I'm off to Venus to work in the mine
And I won't be a free man again!

We stood back to back and we took all who came
Oh we were a fearful sight
But even the best times must come to an end
And they flung us in job for the night

And when I awoke on the next frosty morn
My hands and my head were sore
But a woman called Myrtle who'd spent all my pay
Was found dead on the floor
(CHORUS)
And it's ki-li-riddi ki-whiskey-and-rye
I'm locked in a rat-hole with ten!
For I'm off to Venus to work in the mine
And I won't be a free man again!

Computer Man 4 said: "You've been here before."
And I didn't have long to wait
The salt mines of Venus, the maximum crime
Mine is the maximum fate

Say goodbye to Earth and say goodbye to Mars
And dear old Sector 2
Tell all the old space rats 'round Woomera Pub
There but for God's grace go you

(CHORUS)
And it's ki-li-riddi ki-whiskey-and-rye
I'm locked in a rat-hole with ten!
For I'm off to Venus to work in the mine
And I won't be a free man again!

(CHORUS)
And it's ki-li-riddi ki-whiskey-and-rye
I'm locked in a rat-hole with ten!
For I'm off to Venus to work in the mine
And I won't be a free man again!