The ICW song, or Back in the Channel Again

[sailorboy1]

sung to Gene Autry's - Back in the Saddle Again

I`m back in the channel again
In where water depth is a friend
Where the dolphins and fishies feed
And deep draft boats start to feel glee

Back in the channel again
Sailin` the ICW once more
Travelin’ in my old 44
Where you sleep out every night
And only the bugs are right
Back in the channel again

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
Rockin` to and fro
Back in the channel again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
The motor boats wake me away
Back in the channel again

I`m back in the channel again
Out between the buoys my friend
The chart plotter line led us astray
We knew we shouldn’t have gone that way
Back in the channel again

Ridin` the ditch once more
Brown dirty water all the way
Where you race to the anchorage every night
And the only bridge tenders are right
Back in the channel again

Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
Rockin` to and fro
Back in the channel again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
I can’t wait to go my own way
Back out into an open seaway