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My mind @Pete says that my parents told me that the guy with the horse & cart, selling ice cream in Coquetdale Place late 1950s, came from Cambois, but I can't remember his name.

Aa think ye shud add sum pitmattic to the vurses And this is not from memory, it's a 'cut and paste' job. As Wikipedia says :- "Good Ship Venus", also known as "Friggin' in the Riggin'", is a bawdy drinking song devised to shock with ever increasingly lewd and debauched sexual descriptions of the eponymous ship's loose-moraled crew. The tune usually used (especially for the chorus) is "In and Out the Windows". Recordings Oscar Brand recorded an early version in 1952, but the best-known version was recorded by the British punk band Sex Pistols, which appears on their Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle album, and was the finale track in the film of the same name. Released as part of a double-A side, it reached No. 3 in the UK singles chart in 1979 and was the band's biggest selling single. Length 3:37 - Label Vigin Origin It is possible that this song was inspired by an actual event, where a female convict (Charlotte Badger) sailing on the colonial brigantine Venus, convinced members of the crew to commandeer the vessel, sailing from Port Dalrymple in Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania) in 1806. Despite various reports, the ultimate fate of the Venus is unknown. This may have led to speculation by those left behind, with fantasies leading to the creation of this drinking song. T'was on the good ship Venus, By God you should have seen us, The figurehead was a whore in bed And the mast the Captain’s penis. The captain of this lugger, He was a dirty bugger, He wasn’t fit to shovel shit From one ship to another. The captain’s wife was Mabel. Whenever she was able, She’d fornicate with the second mate Upon the galley table. The cabin boy was Kipper, A dirty little nipper We stuffed his ass with broken glass To circumcise the skipper. The captain had a daughter Who fell into the water We heard her squeal and knew an eel Had found her sexual quarter. The captain’s name was Morgan By Christ he was a gorgon! Ten times a day sweet tunes he’s play. On his productive organ. The captain’s daughter Mable, They laid her on a table. And all the crew would come and screw As oft as they were able. Another cook was O’Malley He didn’t dilly dally. He shot his bolt with such a jolt He whitewashed half the galley. Another one was Cropper Oh Christ he had a whopper. Twice round the deck, around his neck And up his bum for a stopper. The bosun's name was Carter He was a musical farter He could play ‘God Save the Queen' from beginning to end And Beethoven's moonlight sonata. The first mates name was Carter He was also a farter When the wind wouldn't blow, and the ship wouldn't go they called on Carter the farter to start her So now we end this serial Through sheer lack of material. I wish you luck and freedom from Diseases venereal.