Name that wet tune!

[Bayard]

Since Fridays tend to be major news dumps these days, how about a light-hearted game?

Write a few lines from a song that refers to water, let everybody else guess what song its from, and the artist. Me first!

"I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin'
She is all that I have left and music is her name".

[Jake2413]

1. Southern Cross

Crosby, Stills and Nash

[Bayard]

5. Ding ding ding!

We have a winner!

[Ohiya]

2. Here's mine...

We fired the guns, and burned the mast
And rowed from ship to shore
The captain cried, we sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy!

[yonder]

7. Sounds like a ballad as well. I'm drawing a blank though. nt

[Ohiya]

16. And the answer is:

[yonder]

3. Sorry, not quite light-hearted, but this English ballad was the first to pop in my head:

Bad news, bad news, you English heroes
Bad news I have for to tell
There's one of your ships lies sunk off the land
And all of your merry men drowned.

I'm tired and going to bed, but will try to come back tomorrow and play nice

[yardwork]

41. Henry Martin

[jmowreader]

4. Okay...

See...onward she comes
Onward she nears, out of the sun
See...she has no crew
She has no life...wait but there's two

[yonder]

10. Ancient Marine?

[jmowreader]

12. Mariner

[Bayard]

6. Wow

I am perplexed on these others.

How about:

Here's the hitch
Your horse is leaving
Don't miss your boat
It's leaving now.

And an easy one:

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

[Donkees]

11. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Don't Drink the Water (Live at Farm Aid 2016)

[Glorfindel]

25. The 'easy one' is "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads

I always associate it with one of my favorite movies: "Down and Out in Beverly Hills"

[Donkees]

8. I got a cravin' love for blazing speed, Got a hopped up Mustang Ford ...

I got a cravin' love for blazing speed
Got a hopped up Mustang Ford
Jump into the wagon, love
Throw your panties overboard
I can write you poems
Make a strong man lose his mind
I'm no pig without a wig
I hope you treat me kind

[Donkees]

24. No Dylan fans here, I guess :) High Water (for Charley Patton) - Bob Dylan

[yonder]

9. From the photo, I assumed these should be about sailing ships and open water...

but the OP just says wet, so here's an easy one:

"Bus stop, wet day, she's here, I'll stay
Under my umbrella"

[Ohiya]

13. The Hollies - Bus Stop

[yonder]

15. yep!

[Bayard]

21. Yeah, that's how I meant it

But hey--go for it!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

14. And every man knew, as the captain did too, T'was the witch of November come stealin'

[Ohiya]

17. The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

20. Right you are! 👍🏻

[yonder]

18. ooh, ooh, I know!

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

methinks

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. Indeed! 👍🏻

[Bayard]

22. From my high school days.....

"When it all was over
We had to find another place
But Swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race"

[Ohiya]

23. Was Frank Zappa and the Mothers at the best place in town?

Til' some stupid with a flaregun...

[HopeAgain]

26. Deep Purple

Smoke on the Water

[Bayard]

47. You both win a new car!

[Glorfindel]

27. Another easy one, but I like it!

"The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the Cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home."

[rsdsharp]

30. Sloop John B

Beach Boys

[Glorfindel]

32. Oh, yeah!

Correct-a-mundo.

[JDC]

28. Here's One:

Wrote a note said be back in a minute
Bought a boat and I sailed off in it
Don't think anybody's gonna miss me anyway

Mind on a permanent vacation
The ocean is my only medication
Wishin' my condition aint ever gonna go away

[Tikki]

29. "waves make the only sound...

(1979)



Tikki

[red dog 1]

31. "I can hear the bull frog callin' me, Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree,

Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water, "

[blue neen]

33. Green River?

CCR

[red dog 1]

34. Did you use Google?

(Just wondering)

[blue neen]

35. No, it was the "I can hear the bullfrog calling me".

I just could hear the song when I read that. I'm a child of the 60's and 70's.

[red dog 1]

36. That's cool!

I love the album "Green River"..which I think was their third album, but I never much liked the title song.

CCR's fourth album. "Willie and the Poor Boys" was outstanding, imo.
[It's my favorite CCR album]

[blue neen]

39. My absolute favorite CCR song is "Susie Q".

You'd be surprised how many people don't know that song!

[mainstreetonce]

37. Water

Brad Paisley

[mainstreetonce]

38. Toes Zac Brown band

Got my toes in the water
Cold beer in my hand
Life is good today. Life is. Good today

[rurallib]

40. hope this one isn't too tough

When I am far away on the
Briney oceans tossed
Will you ever heave a sigh
Or a wish for me

[yardwork]

42. Farewell to Nova Scotia, Ian and Sylvia

[rurallib]

44. or the Irish Rovers - but yep!

[yardwork]

45. I only know the Ian and Sylvia version.

[yardwork]

43. Oh I'm sailing away my own true love

I'm sailing away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
From the place that I'll be landing

[rurallib]

46. I shall offer another one

There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell

[Bayard]

48. Here's a gimmee

"Heading out this morning into the sun
Riding on the diamond waves, little darlin' one"

[Bayard]

49. No takers on this one?

"Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground"

[Donkees]

50. See post #25

[Bayard]

51. Ah, thank you!