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Thread #170193   Message #4115297
Posted By: GUEST,RogerTCB
03-Aug-21 - 04:36 PM
Thread Name: Banana Boat Song Written by Tony O'Neill
Subject: Banana Boat Song Written by Tony O'Neill
BBC News - Ever Given: Cargo ship that blocked Suez Canal arrives in Felixstowe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-58078100

Quite a lot of the contents of the containers on this much delayed ship were perishable and I'm reminded of the song that was written by the late Tony O'Neill of his time as a merchant seaman, when a ship load of rotting bananas had to be hoisted up and thrown overboard at sea before his ship was allowed to dock. Does anyone have the title, words or recording of this because it seems very apposite right now.