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Rock the Boat

 A song from years ago did play

On local radio,

Evoking memory of yore,

From quite a while ago.

   Sung by The Hues Corp'ration,

Since 1973,

When I was early teenager,

It meant a lot, to me.

    Vacationing with parents

In Bonny Scottish land, 

As day trip, went to 'Butlins'

A Hol'day village, grand.

   Music was a-playing

O'er speaker system there,

And I went to a boating lake,

To sail before, - had ne'er.

   Seemed I was doing quite okay,

In my canoe so swell,

But then I shifted myself some,

And in the water, fell.

     My mum went into panic mode,

{As only mothers do,}

But pond, it was not very deep,

'bout merely 'three feet - two'

     Was able, quickly, to get out,

All sopping wet and cold,

Heard "Rock the Boat" play all around,

As to our car I rolled.

     For many years thereafter,

When it did come along

On local radio station,

Heard "Colin, there's YOUR song"




"Rock the Boat" is a song by American trio The Hues Corporation, written by Wally Holmes. "Rock the Boat" was first featured on their 1973

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