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Post Your Best Sailing Songs ...

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Can’t go sailing ? Singing about it might help ...

Of course there’s Christopher Cross ...

I like especially:

“Christian Island” Gordon Lightfoot

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjd9rKZ9Crk

Edit: I went and found Christian Island which is at the southeast end of Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. Georgian Bay is the “papoose”” of Lake Huron.

Christian Island
Ontario, Canada
https://goo.gl/maps/hWUwvyQeRaSPRwHW8
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Nice!

For some reason I always get a hankerin for some shanties when I'm on the water. sometimes crew will oblige.

Roll the Old Chariot Along: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20n3N1uhztc

Stan Rogers, Barrett's Privateers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Nl3PaTimA

Worth watching at least the intro to this one for the mariner's tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-aEcPgkuA
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Anything by Fisherman’s Friend.
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Lyle Lovett, If I had a boat . . .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpM8FjO4Vko
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saben the wood fitter
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Enya, "Sail Away"

From "Jaws" Flint singing "Show me the way to go home"
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Viam Inveniam Aut Faciam
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Pretty much anything by Stan Rodgers, Live between the Breaks. And Tom Dahill, Let the Goat Out. (Alberg 35 owner)
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Love Stan Rogers and all the sea shanties. Here are some more contemporary stylings from my onboard playlist:

Captain Jim's Drunken Dream: https://youtu.be/Dr9zXYWR3bU

This one's about a power fishing boat, but references some of my favorite waters: https://youtu.be/v-ikaYcG9UU

And of course: https://youtu.be/iuLBhxZUkmU
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Love his brothers songs also
Garnet Rogers is hopefully still active
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"The Water Is Wide" I like the James Taylor version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opfEk_Yoksk
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I always get a kick out of “What A Bloody Great Day To Go Sailing” by Wolverines. :D
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https://youtu.be/OrFdQN9yKyY

I’ve always connected with this song by Tom Kimmel.
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Nice John ... nice voice.
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Fred, Christian Island was previously named Charity Island. Next to it, to the east, are two other islands, Hope Island, and Beckwith Island. Beckwith used to be known as Faith Island. Interesting story here: https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1528

Some of the songs already listed came to mind as I clicked on the thread title, but here are a few others to add to the list:

Schooner Fare, "Day of the Clipper" https://youtu.be/NWF7Jaje-3g

Schooner Fare, "Shoals of Herring" https://youtu.be/tTb_Tdo9jzI

Schooner Fare, "Drunken Sailor" https://youtu.be/H76dHg_EvjQ

An interesting rendition of "South Australia", https://youtu.be/pmsbo31Z3Os
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