The Sailor and the Dancer by The Incredible String Band (Prettiest Boat Song, Ever™)
Wooden Ships by Crosby, Still and Nash
The Water is Wide I like the Karla Bonoff version
Ready for the Storm by Dougie MacLean
The Trawlerman’s Song – Mark Knopfler (note: music doesn’t start till 1:22 in to the clip)
We Learned the Sea – Dar Williams
There’s a boat dat’s leaving soon for New York, from *Porgy and Bess.
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Dreamboat Annie - Heart (might be pushing it)
Southern Cross- Crosby Stills and Nash
Longer Boats by Cat Stevens
The Golden Vanity by Rory Block
Boat Train by the Pogues
This x10.
Sea Cruise, either Huey “Piano” Smith or Frankie Ford (Yes, the backing music is the same.)
Madman across the Water, Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Oh yeah, Proud Mary, CCR.
The one song that fits all three criteria perfectly:
The Legend of the USS Titanic by Jaime Brockett. With 497 1/2 feet of rope.
Downeaster Alexa by Billy Joel
Cuba Rhumba by Hank Snow
“In the Navy” by the Village People
That was the first one I thought of. YouTube.
Greenland Whale Fisheries, The Pogues
The Irish Rover, The Poges with The Dubliners
Seal Driver, Jethro Tull
Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin.
Sink the Bismark, Johnny Horton.
Remembered another one: The Mary Ellen Carter, 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.
Reuben James, Kingston Trio
The first American ship sunk in WWII.
Ship of Fools - World Party
Ship of Fools - Robert Plant
Ship of Fools - Bob Seger
Ship of Fools - Erasure
Ship of Fools - Grateful Dead
Ship of Fools - The Doors
Ship of Fools - The Doves
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.
Six Months In A Leaky Boat - Split Enz