(sung to a Reggae Beat)

The sea is full of dolphin

One get on Floyd's hook

He hoist a big one on de deck

we all get a good look

Suzy, she takes a bath on deck

she scrubs happily

de mexico liner verrs off course

the better for to see and to crane his neck

The Captain he gets hungry

he fries up eggs and toast

The starving crew they all agree

its better than Pot Roast

George and Stewart grin & wink

And chuckle what de heck!

Grab a gril come floating by

And flip her back on de deck

When the winds and seas they slack off

in the weather we can enjoy

after bathing on the aft deck

with a bottle of lemon joy

See how good she points the wind

such a very good girl

even in the heaviest weather

even more sail we can unfurl

Dr Bill the weatherman

said I will help you to Belize

if I can so he ordered up a NE wind

to help us to the other end

Dr Bill the prophet true

we are so grateful we the crew

The captain he got a dead eye

his aim is sure and fine

he comes up with the flotsom

and it always land on de Rat line

Who is that crackin de bad jokes

its the mad helmsman Floyd

He got one sock on and one sock off

thats the clothing he enjoy

Then we got our boy George

who sure does like his snuff

likes to frig with the riggin

seem like he can't get enough

Then we have Doreen

From the Fairhope shore

when she wants to test the water

she just falls overboard

The master of de sail trim

is the balanced George

goes aloft with his can of coke

with cookies he would gorge

Suzy de cooker

she cook a pot of peas

always had a hot meal

even in following seas

(chorus)

Sail away Sail away

we come from Fairhope to Belize

On de port tack all the way

thru the Yucatan Straight

when everyone else is sleepin

we raise a light from below

its the captain madly searchin

for the phantom noise in the hold

if disco troop is on the helm

and the captain comes on deck

the likelihood is very strong

he gets a breaker down the neck

End of May we left the bay

the winds they were great

away we go

and before we know

we made the Yucatan Straight

Suzy is the navigator

she likes that high tech

she prays over the Sat Nav

and she plots our next trek

Doreen is a wild one

as she eyes that bow sprit

she gets on it rides it high

to the amazment of those on deck

The Aphrodite is our boat

She is one fine ship

She hits that heavy weather

and the lee rail she will dip

Big tankers on the water

they get very close

they take no guff when they

strut thier stuff

and they toot their little horn

(composed in passage to Belize - May 1985)