TERRY BISHOP'S WORLD CRUISE SONG

I told you that Terry wrote a song about our World Cruise and performed it at the "Last Day of the World" celebration.
Barry asked him for a copy of the lyrics and we got them while we were in transit to good ol' Canada.
I want to share them with you, so I am adding them here.
Enjoy!

                           WORLD CRUISE 2019 SONG

LAST YEAR ON THE WORLD CRUISE I WROTE OUT A SONG

IT TOLD OF THE THINGS THAT WENT RIGHT OR WENT WRONG

I’VE DONE IT AGAIN AND IT TURNED OUT QUITE LONG

‘COS THE WEATHER HAS BEEN QUITE FRUSTRATING

WE GET A NEW FORECAST WITH THE CAPTAIN’S BING BONG

‘COS THE WIND AND THE WAVES HAVE BEEN CHANGING….

YOU’RE UP ON THE POOL DECK BEFORE THE MAIN SHOW

TO YOUR SUITE OR YOUR STATEROOM YOU’RE WANTING TO GO

TO PORT OR TO STARBOARD, YOU REALLY DON’T KNOW

YOU FIND IT ALL SO CONFUSING

SHOULD YOU TURN LEFT OR RIGHT, GO UP OR BELOW?

WELL IT DEPENDS ON WHICH WAY YOU’RE FACING

HAWAII FROM L.A. TAKES SEVERAL DAYS

WITH THE WIND BLOWING HARD AND THE 20 FT WAVES

ROCKING AND ROLLING THROUGH BOTH NIGHT AND DAY

WE MADE IT, THE SHIP WASN’T SINKING

THEY ALL SPOKE AMERICAN WITH DOLLARS TO PAY

WE COULD HAVE STAYED IN L.A. I WAS THINKING

THOSE TROPICAL ISLANDS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS

WE STARED AT THE CORAL, AND SWAM WITH THE FISH

THOSE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES ARE ALL THAT YOU WISH

AND THE GUIDES KNOW EACH ONE, AND ITS NAMING

THEN IN SETTE MARI THERE THEY WERE ON A DISH

THEY WERE TASTY SO WE’RE NOT COMPLAINING

TO BRISBANE KOALAS AND KANGAROOS TOO

AND ON DOWN TO SYDNEY, A HARBOUR TO VIEW

AN OPERA SHOW WITH A TAPAS OR TWO…….

THERES A BRIDGE OVER SYDNEY HARBOUR..LET THE ANCHOR DOWN

THERES A BRIDGE OVER SYDNEY HARBOUR..WHAT A FINE BIG TOWN..

WE GOT TO CAIRNS CITY IN THE RAIN AND SUN     X2

THERE’S A BARRIER REEF THERE AND I GOT TO SWIM ME SOME

NOW YOU CAN TAKE A PLANE, YOU CAN TAKE A TRAIN

BUT I WENT THERE ON THE CRUISE SHIP, AND I GOT THERE JUST THE SAME

YES, WE WENT TO CAIRNS CITY IN THE SUN AND RAIN

HEY CLIVE PIANO MAN, PLAY A SONG FOR ME

IN THE NAVIGATOR LOUNGE YOU’LL ALWAYS FIND HIM

HEY CLIVE PIANO MAN THEY ALWAYS COME TO SEE

HOW YOU GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT…..EVERY EVENING

ON WEDNESDAY WE LEFT THURSDAY ISLAND BEHIND

AND MALOOLABAR TOO…A SIMILAR KIND

WE SAILED INTO DARWIN SOME BUILDINGS TO FIND

THERE’S A WOOLWORTHS, SO EVERYONE’S SHOPPING

IT WAS STICKY AND HOT BUT NONE SEEMED TO MIND

WE WERE SOMEWHERE AND THAT’S BETTER THAN NOTHING

STUFF THOSE KOMODO DRAGONS, THEY LIE THERE BY THE POOL

THEY HARDLY BREATHE,   JUST TAKE THEIR EASE, THEY ONLY LIE AND DROOL

STUFF THOSE KOMODO DRAGONS, WHAT MORE CAN BE SAID

IF THEY WANTED A SNACK, THEY DIDN’T ATTACK, ‘COS NO-ONE’S WEARING RED!

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS CAME INTO OUR VIEW

A MOST WELCOME SIGHT FOR A LOT OF THE CREW

TO TAKE EXCESS BAGGAGE AND CHEAP TV’S TOO

THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS WERE ALL WAITING

AND HONG KONGS AN ANTHILL OF HUMAN KIND TOO

AND THE WATERFRONT SHOW WAS ENLIGHTENING

WE SAILED AWAY FROM SINGAPORE, WE ALL KNOW WHAT WE CAME HERE FOR, A CRUISE FOR 20 DAYS OR MORE….OUT ON THE RAGING MAIN O

KUALA LUMPOR AND PORT KLANG, AND ON WE WENT TO OLD PENANG, THOSE TEMPLE BELLS AROUND US RANG…FAR FROM THE RAGING MAIN O

TO PHUKET, WITH A SILENT ‘F’, THE HEAT WAS HOT, IT MADE US SWEAT, AND YANGON BURMA CAME UP NEXT - ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O

YANGON CITY, BIG PAGODA, TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF, COVER KNEES AND SHOULDERS

LIFE IS HARD THERE, HUMID ALL THE TIME

BUDDHA’S GOT IT EASY, HE SITS THERE OR RECLINES

BUMPY ROADS, GOLDEN DOMES, BEAT THE DRUM, AND BANG THE GONG - MEDITATION – I NEED MEDICATION.FOR THOSE BUMPY ROADS, PLEASE TAKE ME HOME BUMPY ROADS

THE CHINESE NETS WERE QUITE A SIGHT, IN COCHIN PORT, AT DAWN’S FIRST LIGHT, WE WENT ON TOUR, IT ALL SEEMED RIGHT… ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O

WE TOOK ON FUEL IN COCHIN TOWN, ALL GUESTS ON BOARD, ALL SAFE AND SOUND, TO MANGALORE THAT NIGHT WE’RE BOUND-ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O

WE’D LEFT COCHIN TO THE LOCALS SHOUT, AS THE CAPTAIN TURNED THE SHIP ABOUT, AT 5AM THE BLOODY LIGHTS WENT OUT -ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O

THE SEA WAS CALM, NO PANIC THOUGH, T’WAS DESPARATE FOR SOME I KNOW, THE COFFEE MACHINE JUST WOULD NOT GO…ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O 

THROUGH DIRTY FUEL THE FAULT WAS DONE- TO HAVE NO LIGHTS WAS NOT MUCH FUN, THEY USED CURRY PASTE TO MAKE THE ENGINES RUN…ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN O

IF YOU WANT ASSISTED DYING OR PLAIN SUICIDE, YOU CAN TAKE A TUK TUK RIDE, ON THE ROAD THEY DRIVE ON EITHER SIDE….NOT LIKE THE  RAGING MAIN O

MUMBAI IS REALLY QUITE A PLACE, PEOPLE LIVE IN EVERY SPACE, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SPECIES OF THE HUMAN RACE.. FAR FROM THE RAGING MAIN O

AWAY FROM INDIA WE SET SAIL, TO OMAN, THE UAE AS WELL, ON THE BEST EXOTIC NAVIGATOR HOTEL…OUT ON THE RAGING MAIN O

 WE PILED LIKE SARDINES INTO LIMOS IN LINE

FOR A WORLD CRUISE EVENT AND THE VENUE WAS FINE

THE DANCERS ALL TWIRLED AND WE DRANK LOTS OF WINE

BUT ALL KNEW THE RISKS WE WERE EARNING

WE ALL ATE OUR FILL TILL WE KNEW IT WAS TIME

TO PLAY SARDINES ONE MORE ON RETURNING

WE SAW LOTS OF SAND IN THE LANDS TO THE EAST

AND CAMELS PROVED TO BE SMELLY OLD BEASTS

AND IN DUBAI AND OMAN WE DRESSED FULL AND NEAT

NO SHOULDERS OR KNEES WERE WE SHOWING

AND THE RED SEA AND JORDAN WERE NEXT ON THE LIST

TO THE RUINS OF PETRA WE’RE GOING

A WALK THROUGH THE SIQ TO SEE TEMPLES AND TOMBS

ALL CARVED OUT OF CLIFFS WERE THE FACADES AND ROOMS

ALL SERVING THEIR GODS – THE SUN AND THE MOON

AT THOSE WONDERFUL SIGHTS WE WERE GAZING

THE HORSES AND BUGGIES CAME BY WITH A ‘ZOOM’

THAT NO-ONE WAS KILLED WAS AMAZING

LUXOR AND KARNAK REVEALED WHAT THEY HAD

IN THE TOMBS OF THE KINGS – THE AIR WAS QUITE BAD

AND THE BUS RIDES WERE TAKING THEIR TOLL, FOLKS WERE GLAD, WHEN THEY MADE IT BACK HOME FOR THEIR DINING

IN SETTE MARI, PRIME 7, COMPASS ROSE, THERE WAS WINING AND DINING AND WHINING

WE CRUISED THE CANAL WITH A HUGE FEE TO PAY

TO ASHDOD AND HAIFA WE WENT ON OUR WAY, 

TO SEE HOLY SIGHTS AND A WALL WHERE THEY PRAY

THE SPIRITS WERE CERTAINLY FAILING

WE SLIPPED INTO GREECE ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY

IT’S THE MEDITERRANEAN WE WERE SAILING

SO TO THE ISLE OF CAPRI AND SORRENTO

AND WE NEEDED A CALM GENTLE SEA

BUT THE SWELL MEANT WE HEADED FOR NAPLES

ARRIVADERCHI THE ISLE OF CAPRI

JUST LIKE SETTE MARI, DOWN THERE IN NAPOLI

IN PIAZZAS AND IN THE STREETS, THERE’S PLACES YOU CAN EAT

HAVE A BOWL OF PASTA, IF THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE AFTER

OR A GREAT BIG PIZZA, WITH MOZARELLA CHEESE

YES INDEED, IF YOU PLEASE, MOZARELLA CHEESE

POMPEII HAS FALLEN DOWN, ALL THOSE STONES ON THE GROUND

STARE AT THE THINGS THEY FOUND, HISTORY ALL AROUND

MONTE CARLO’S KELLY, BARCELONA’S GAUDI

MALAGA HAS TERRY’S PLACE IN THE HILLS, WHAT A THRILL, YES, HE STILL, LIVES IN THE HILLS

AND THEN LIKE COLOMBUS WE SAILED TO THE WEST

WE’RE REACHING THE END OF THIS GREAT EPIC QUEST

AZORES AND BERMUDA AND NEW YORK WERE NEXT

WE MUST PACK ‘COS THE CRUISE IS SOON ENDING

THE THINGS THAT WE BOUGHT, IT WAS ALL FOR THE BEST

BUT RIGHT NOW  IT DON’T SEEM WORTH THE SPENDING

WE STAYED A DAY IN HORTA TOWN WE LOOKED FOR WHALES AND TOURED AROUND, AND LIFEBOAT NUMBER 5 BROKE DOWN, IN PORT NOT ON THE MAIN O

THEY GOT IT FIXED AND OFF WE SAILED, TO LOOK FOR MERMAIDS FISH AND WHALES, BUT ALL WE GOT WAS STORMS AND GALES OUT ON THE RAGING MAIN O

A YACHT WE HEARD WAS IN DISTRESS, AND CAPTAIN IVO DID HIS BEST. HE STEERED THE SHIP TO THE NORTH, NORTH-WEST ALL ON THE RAGING MAIN 0

THE WAVES GOT BIG AND WIND DID BLOW, THE YACHT WAS FINE – IT WAS GOOD TO KNOW, BUT WE LOST CHEF RONALDS COOKING SHOW…OUT ON THE RAGING MAIN O

I WROTE THIS SONG FOR ALL OF YOU, IF YOU WANT THE LYRICS YOU ARE WELCOME TO -GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL AND I’LL SEND THEM THROUGH, WHILST ON THE RAGING MAIN O

WE BOUGHT LOTS OF STUFF AT EACH STOP THAT WE MADE

WE GOT T SHIRTS AND T CLOTHS AND A NICE BAMBOO TRAY

A SMALL PLASTIC BUDDHA AND A THING CARVED FROM JADE

ALL THOSE MAGNETS AND POSTCARDS WE’RE PACKING

WE BOUGHT SOUVENIRS BUT THE MEMORY SOON FADES

IT’S A BIG GARAGE SALE WE ARE PLANNING

THE WORLDERS ARE GREAT, THE CREW AND THE STAFF

WE’VE HAD A FEW TEARS AND WE HAD MANY LAUGHS

WE’D DO IT AGAIN, WELL MAYBE JUST HALF

AND IT’S SAD THAT IT’S SUDDENLY ENDING

‘COS WE LIKE TROPIC BLUE WATERS, NOT THE BROWN STUFF IN THE BATH

AND THAT’S THE CLEANEST MESSAGE I’M SENDING

COME ALL YOU WORLD CRUISERS AND LISTEN TO ME

YOU ALL VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS CRUISE SO YOU SEE

IT’S NO USE COMPLAINING JUST LET IT BE

YOU’VE FILLED OUT THE FORMS AND THE RATINGS

FOR FOUR AND HALF MONTHS YOU’VE BEEN OUT HERE AT SEA

YES, YOU’VE BEEN WORLD NAVIGATING

SO HERE’S TO THE CAPTAINS AND ALL OF THE CREW

TO GM’S AND CHEFS AND ALL MANAGERS TOO

TO JAMIE AND DANA AND SARAH - ---ALL THROUGH

THIS CRUISE THEY’VE BEEN SO ENGAGING

I’M UP FOR A WORLD CRUISE, IN FACT THE NEXT TWO

SO TO YOU MY GLASS I AM RAISING……CHEERS!

TERRY BISHOP

MAY 2019