Werth-Williams See that hag down there by the stream There's no trouble she hasn't seen Once they called her Riverboat Queen Her evil reigned supreme Ruled with the gun Fearful of none Murdered for gain Long was her reign Drank with the men Foulmouthed and mean Riverboat Queen She took lovers, threw them away Gave them to her pirates to play Then it happened one tragic day She really falls in love Wakes in the morn Finds he has gone Up on the deck There by his neck Hung from the mast Oh, how she screams Riverboat Queen Down the galley ladder she treads All her crewmen drunk in their beds Puts a ball in each of their heads Then blows the ship to hell Swims to the shore Pirate no more Now she's a shell Ageing, unwell Exiled, ignored Left to her dreams Riverboat Queen