# Help me pick out some BOAT SONGS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372 "2010-11-03T20:43:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dragline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@Dragline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragline)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/1 "2010-11-03T20:43:16Z")
I finally got on the iPod bandwagon and have a boat that I can plug it into, and need some boat related songs. Here’s what I have so far: Gilligan’s Island theme Deadliest catch theme (Dead or Alive) Pirates of the Caribbean I’m Your Captain (Grand Funk) Sloop John B (Beach Boys) Kokomo (Beach Boys) Calypso (John Denver) Titanic Theme Love Boat Theme Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot) Boat Drinks (Jimmy Buffet) Pirate looks at Forty (Jimmy Buffet) Where the Boat leaves from (Zac Brown) Toes (Zac Brown) Love Shack (B-52s) Island Girl (Elton John) As you can tell, the rules are: 1. Boat related 2. Stupid or 3. the boat sinks. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/2 "2010-11-03T20:45:30Z")
_Michael, Row the Bow Ashore_ (slave song) _Slow Boat to China_ (Kay Kyser, etc.) _Don’t Rock the Rock_ (Hughes Corporation) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/3 "2010-11-03T20:46:01Z")
“\*And the Band Played On (Down Among The Dead Men)” \*-- Flash And The Pan ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/4 "2010-11-03T20:56:06Z")
_I’m Sailing Away_ – Styx _Sailing_ – Rod Stewart _Sailing_ – Christopher Cross ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/5 "2010-11-03T21:35:24Z")
Styx’s Boat on the River from the Cornerstone album. ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/6 "2010-11-03T21:35:34Z")
The Ganja Boat Song: \*Work all night on a line of coke (daylight come mon me wan get stoned) Been so long since I had a toke (daylight come mon me wan get stoned) Come Mr. Tallymon, tally marijuana (dcmmwgs) Come Mr. Tallymon, fill my boat with ganja (dcmmwgs) Load six bales, seven bales, eight bales - TON! Six bales, seven bales, eight bales - TON! Dooo-ope! Smok-ee do-o-o-ope! Daylight come mon me wan get stoned\* Copyright patent pending…but…why bother? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/7 "2010-11-03T21:39:36Z")
_I’m On A Boat_ - The Lonely Island. [Music video (EXPLICIT LYRICS)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM). ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/8 "2010-11-03T21:57:21Z")
_Ship of Fools_ by [World Party](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdeIZkZo2PM) _Ship of Fools_ by [Robert Plant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc-eDaEZ4LU) Note: Different songs, same title ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/9 "2010-11-03T21:58:08Z")
\*Driftin’ Blues \*-- various artists ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/10 "2010-11-03T22:06:05Z")
[O Barquinho (Little Boat) - Brand new translation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoug0lRVdWs) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/11 "2010-11-03T22:07:30Z")
Clark Guy _[The Ballad Of Laverne And Captain Flint](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/clark-guy/the-ballad-of-laverne-and-captain-flint-64.html)_ ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/12 "2010-11-03T22:08:47Z")
Lyle Lovett: If I Had a Boat ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/13 "2010-11-03T22:10:43Z")
> [@Dragline](#): > > Love Shack (B-52s)?. Isn’t the line about a Chrysler automobile that seats 20, and is as big as a whale (and about to set sail)? In that vein, we could go with Wooden Ships (by either Crosby Stills & Nash, or Jefferson Airplane). Of course, I’ve read that song is actually about survivors of a nuclear war - sailing, not so much… ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/14 "2010-11-03T22:12:02Z")
Banana Boat Song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4) ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/15 "2010-11-03T22:16:53Z")
[Barrett’s Privateers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl-CfQvz21Y) ! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/16 "2010-11-03T22:50:53Z")
[_Isaac’s Lament_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKfnsDvaVfw) (Uncle Bonsai), about a guy who kills himself when he finds out that _The Love Boat_ is being cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/17 "2010-11-03T23:00:50Z")
_Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat_ - Frank Loesser, _Guys and Dolls_ (also Don Henley on the soundtrack to _Leap of Faith_). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/18 "2010-11-03T23:07:14Z")
[A Salty Dog](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D_g-Vyxnp8&feature=related)– Procol Harem ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/19 "2010-11-03T23:39:20Z")
[Dawson’s Christian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3fIu2OdWn8%5B/url) Spaceship, but… it’s a ghost story and the ship sinks. (sorta) [The Loch Tay Boat Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylj-O06Is_c) (this version is by the Corries, but I’d really recommend finding the version by Silly Wizard.) [Farewell to Nova Scotia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3MAaQLSSI) If you can find it: _Port of Call_ by The Battlefield Band. [Take It Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18w2fn7opHM) by Jimmy Buffett [Ferryland Sealer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeW3SDnu-PA) This version by Great Big Sea [Captain Jack and the Mermaid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5gOjVdi68) by Meg Davis [The Mary L. Mackay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mu_2VezxBY) (I prefer the version by Schooner Fare, but I can’t find it online.) [John Cook](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ4dsD_wLdM) [Day of the Clipper](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAY5saopMgg) (again, I prefer the Schooner Fare version…) Fiddler’s Green is another good traditional song that I can’t find a version I like to link, now. (Schooner Fare did an excellent version of it, BTW) A nautical take on the Unfortunate Rake cycle of songs. [High Barbary](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPaOU18Xtys) by Heather Alexander I think I’ll stop here before I go into pure obsession. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/20 "2010-11-03T23:44:58Z")
[“Everybody’s Talking”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBemzu1Fchk) Harry Nilsson cover of Fred Neill song. Gordon Lightfoot: “Bay of Christian Islands” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372.md?page=2)