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Thread #35049   Message #478068
Posted By: Dave (the ancient mariner)
06-Jun-01 - 10:35 PM
Thread Name: Help: Nautical song needed
Subject: Lyr Add: MESSING ABOUT ON THE RIVER
The only rowing song I enjoyed was "Messing About on the River" slow and easy hee hee!

When the weather is fine, then you know it's a sign, for
Messing about on the river.
If you take my advice, there's nothing so nice, as
Messing about on the river.
There are long boats and short boats and all sorts of craft,
And cruisers and keel boats and some with no draught;
So take off your coat, go hop in a boat, go
Messing about on the river.

(Keep repeating "Messing about on the river" after each line.)

There are boats made from kits, that reach you in bits, go....
Or you might like to scull in a glass-fibred hull, just....
There are tillers and rudders and anchors and cleats
And ropes that are sometimes referred to as sheets.
With the wind in your face, there's no finer place, than....

There are skippers and mates and rowing-club eights, just....
There are pontoons and ### and all sorts of knots, for....
Well, if inboards and outboards and dinghies you sail,
The first thing you learn is the right way to bail.
In a one-seat canoe, you're skipper and crew, just....

There are bridges and locks and moorings and docks, when....
There's a whirlpool and weir that you mustn't go near, when....
There's backwater places all hidden from view,
And quaint little islands just waiting for you.
So leave here right now, go cast off your bow, go....

Of course the version I know is a little more Traditional *BSG* While Pissing about on the river LOL Yours, Aye. Dave