I recently noticed that the folk music of Scotland has several songs called the "Something Boat Song"; which I find a little at odds with the usual image of Scotland. That's just my own wrong impression, of course; they are a boating people as much as the Norwegians are, but one more usually thinks of the highlander on, well, land. High or otherwise.
Anyway, they're all good songs which repay a Youtube search:
Skye boat song (famous) Tay boat song (haunting) Mingulay boat song (rousing)
Anyone know of other "X boat song"s?
Posted by SenojRetep (Member # 8614) on :
There's that great Scotch ballad "The Banana Boat Song" made famous by Harry McBelafonte
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
I've always liked that song. Bananas go better with rum than with Scotch, though.