The S.S. Feathersword in "It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World!"
Six Months In A Leaky Boat is a song by Split Enz. In 2000, The Wiggles recorded the song with singer of Split Enz, Tim Finn and it appeared on It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World. The Wiggles have more recently been performing it live.
Song Credits
- Music and Lyrics: Tim Finn
- Arrangement: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page, Tim Finn
- Producers: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, Greg Page
- Musical Arrangements: The Wiggles, Dominic Lindsay
- Engineer and Mixer: Chris Brooks
- Mixers: Chris Brooks, Don Bartley
- Recording Location: APC Studios
- Lyric Reprint Percussion: Mushroom Music
- Publisher: Mushroom Music
- Copyright: Universal Music Group
Musicians
2000 Version
- Vocals: Greg Page, Tim Finn, Paul Paddick
- Backing Vocals: Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
- Bass: Murray Cook
- Guitar: Murray Cook, Terry Murray
- Keyboards: MIDI
- Drums: Tony Henry
- Percussion: MIDI
- Violin: Maria Schattovits
- Cello: Margaret Lindsay
- Trumpet: Dominic Lindsay
Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas Version
- Vocals - Kelly Hamilton, Lachlan Gillespie
- Backing Vocals - Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field
- Bass - Murray Cook
- Guitars: Murray Cook, Terry Murray
- Keyboards: Jeff Fatt
- Drums/Percussion - Tony Henry
- Violin - Maria Schattovits
- Cello - Margaret Lindsay
- Trumpet - Dominic Lindsay
Lyrics and Transcript
Greg: Well everybody, we got very special friend to meet now. His name is Tim Finn. Hi, Tim.
Tim: Hi, Greg.
Greg: Now where are you from, Tim?
Tim: I come from New Zealand or as the Marion people use to call it Aoteroa.
Greg: And what does that mean?
Tim: It means land of the long white cloud.
Greg: A-ha! And you've written a song for us today.
Tim: Yeah, we've written a song for the Captain, actually. It's called "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".
Greg: Wow, Six Months in a Leaky Boat! Well everybody, join in singing and dancing as we sing "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".
“Ahoy there me hearties. Come for a trip with me,
Captain Feathersword, on my friendly pirate ship.
Whoah ho ho, but look out – its leaking”
When the captain was a young boy
He wanted to sail around the world
“That’s the life for me, whoah ho
Living on the sea. Whoah ho ho ho”
The spirit of a sailor, sailing all around the globe
“Round and round. I’m a buccaneer. Whoah ho
I’ll acknowledge no frontier. Ho ho ho ho”
I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightening flash, tempers flare
‘Round Cape Horn if you dare
I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
La da da da ahh dad a do do do-doh
Aoteroa (“Oh look, there’s New Zealand”)
Rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl (“Oh so shiny") Whoah ho”)
At the bottom of the world
(“Oh, down under. Yeah”)
The tyranny of distance (“Such a long way”)
Didn’t stop the buccaneer
“So why should it stop me?
Whoah ho. I’m sailing to be free”
Ah c’mon all you lads
Let’s forget and forgive
There’s a world to explore (“Let’s go exploring”)
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat (“Whoah ho”)
Six months in a leaky boat (“Whoah ho ho”)
La da da da ahh dad a do do do-doh
‘Come on now me hearties. Let’s do a pirate dance
Yo ho ho. Who ho ho. Oh, bend your knees now
That’s right. Whoah ho ho
Now you’re really dancing
Ho ho ho ho. Oh well done me hearties”
Ah c’mon all you lads
Let’s forget and forgive
There’s a world to explore (“Oh lets explore”)
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat (“Whoah ho”)
Nothing to it, leaky boat (“Oh no”)
La da da da ahh dad a do do do-doh
Trivia
- The Wiggles and Tim Finn wrote their own lyrics for this song.
Gallery
Split Enz
The Wiggles
Video Appearances
- It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World
- The Wiggles' Big Big Show!
- Dorothy's Rockin' Christmas
Album Appearances
- It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World
- Dorothy's Rockin' Christmas