Suez Canal
Written by Jack Ballhausen
A shanty about a ship that did a very, very funny thing.
LYRICS
CHORUS
Stuck up here, stuck up there
This ship’s stuck up everywhere
It’s a shipping container without a care
Stuck in the Suez Canal
A special ship of peculiar frame
The Evergiven was it's name
and it found a way to spend 6 whole days
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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For getting stuck this ship had a knack
this ship got stuck in a great big trap
its spatial awareness was pretty crap
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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It had no compass it had no plan
it was gonna to be late to Rotterdam
And in the canal this ship would always stand
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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Well a tractor tried to pry it free
it didn’t work but we have the means
a traffic jam down in the Red Sea
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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This ship it seems made an enemy
of the Suez Canal Port Authority
A fleet of tugboats would set it free
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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This ship caused quite an escapade
it blocked 10 billion maritime trade
and it started a great big insurance claim
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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Now that’s not quite how the story ends
this ship had a sister ship my friends
that sister ship got stuck again
Stuck in the Suez Canal
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