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Suez Canal

Written by Jack Ballhausen

A shanty about a ship that did a very, very funny thing.

LYRICS

00:00 / 01:04

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


CHORUS


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


CHORUS x 2

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Original Shanty, Historical

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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