# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/21 "2010-11-03T23:57:00Z")
[The Sailor and the Dancer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_Nx0fMtFo) by The Incredible String Band (Prettiest Boat Song, Ever™) Wooden Ships by Crosby, Still and Nash [The Water is Wide](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EfHZtCKJGY) I like the Karla Bonoff version [Ready for the Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3jbwU3F78&feature=related) by Dougie MacLean ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/22 "2010-11-04T00:44:11Z")
[The Trawlerman’s Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AhnmmCln9s) – Mark Knopfler (note: music doesn’t start till 1:22 in to the clip) [We Learned the Sea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRCGMcviAYo) – Dar Williams ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/23 "2010-11-04T00:50:05Z")
[There’s a boat dat’s leaving soon for New York](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lh5ijrsHx5Q), from \*Porgy and Bess. \* ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/24 "2010-11-04T01:01:20Z")
[Dreamboat Annie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLoMej34zvA) - Heart (might be pushing it) [Southern Cross](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw9gLjEGJrw)- Crosby Stills and Nash ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/25 "2010-11-04T01:07:20Z")
[Longer Boats](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsUrsgXnII) by Cat Stevens [The Golden Vanity](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWyOnfw7Yn8) by Rory Block ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/26 "2010-11-04T01:09:17Z")
[Boat Train](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kRmTlXxk0U) by the Pogues ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/27 "2010-11-04T01:14:38Z")
[Russian Red Army Choir - Song of the Volga Boatmen (1965)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WD0WVL-HjE) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/28 "2010-11-04T01:44:24Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > _I’m On A Boat_ - The Lonely Island. [Music video (EXPLICIT LYRICS)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avaSdC0QOUM). This x10. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/29 "2010-11-04T02:29:17Z")
Sea Cruise, either [Huey “Piano” Smith](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u38F2D945cY) or [Frankie Ford](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwhB4XZx-dg) (Yes, the backing music is the same.) [Madman across the Water](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vvRN09HZ_4), Elton John and Bernie Taupin ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/30 "2010-11-04T02:38:11Z")
Oh yeah, [Proud Mary](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPs9Ok7sQu0), CCR. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/31 "2010-11-04T02:52:20Z")
> [@Dragline](#): > > As you can tell, the rules are: > > 1. Boat related > 2. Stupid > or 3. the boat sinks. The one song that fits all three criteria perfectly: [The Legend of the USS Titanic](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XFYMjkFYPg&feature=related) by Jaime Brockett. With 497 1/2 feet of rope. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/32 "2010-11-04T02:53:44Z")
[Downeaster Alexa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG5H139_LaU) by Billy Joel Cuba Rhumba by Hank Snow ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/33 "2010-11-04T03:52:26Z")
“In the Navy” by the Village People ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/34 "2010-11-04T04:16:22Z")
> [@I'm Not Dennis Bergkamp](#): > > [Boat Train](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kRmTlXxk0U) by the Pogues That was the first one I thought of. [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aDqxS-j9QQ). [Greenland Whale Fisheries](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdnJBQyQJU), The Pogues [The Irish Rover](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au30c9ZMIPg), The Poges with The Dubliners [Seal Driver](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MHzPmc0rcI), Jethro Tull ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/35 "2010-11-04T05:41:00Z")
[Beyond the Sea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZoCrD88RP4), Bobby Darin. [Sink the Bismark](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KecIdlEAKhU), Johnny Horton. ---
**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 4, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/36 "2010-11-04T05:52:08Z")
Remembered another one: [The Mary Ellen Carter](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA), by Stan Rogers. (Note that an interview begins the Youtube video; the song starts at 1:40.) Actually, if you’re looking for songs of the sea and boats, you’ll find a lot of such things in Rogers’ repertoire. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/37 "2010-11-04T05:52:37Z")
[_Reuben James_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jBbCQwJ0g), Kingston Trio The first American ship sunk in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/38 "2010-11-04T07:07:01Z")
[Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdeIZkZo2PM) - World Party [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc-eDaEZ4LU) - Robert Plant [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJTURFcBuB8) - Bob Seger [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhQrR0F5nnE) - Erasure [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MepXfXkLtMA) - Grateful Dead [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7pqTd99mAw) - The Doors [Ship of Fools](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIhTd_2j05w) - The Doves ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/39 "2010-11-04T08:37:58Z")
Bruce Springsteen’s cover of “Erie Canal” is currently in heavy rotation on the lobby music where I work. Although the DMX console gives the title as “My Oklahoma Home” for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-some-boat-songs/559372/40 "2010-11-04T08:51:02Z")
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