The G'Nu's Sea Cruise



The G'Nu's Sea Cruise is a poem from The Recorded Poems of Och Aye the G'Nu.

Credits

 * Audio Engineer: Jeff McCormack
 * Jimmy Barnes: Poetry Reading
 * Jackie Barnes: Percussion, Sound Effects and Vocals
 * Jeff Fatt: Piano and Animal Noises

Credits
"I've been dreaming of a sea cruise", thought Och Aye the happy G'Nu. We'll sail into the deep, across the oceans blue. Across the waves we'll splish and splash in a boat built just for two. We'll see the world together me and my friend Kangaroo.

We'll set sail in the morning, best bid all our friends adieu. We'll tie some ropes and hoist the sails 'cause that's what sailors do. I couldn't do it all alone, every captain needs a crew. AHOY! And no one could be better than my best friend Kangaroo.

We'll be leaving from G'Northampton on our way by half-past two. And try to reach G'Newfoundland before the day is through. Around the horn, across the straits, navigating true. Exploring as we go along, Och Aye and Kangaroo.

The dolphins swim and lead the way - the flying fish do, too. They duck and dive across the waves that roll and roll on through. We'll follow them by day and night, oh, what a lovely cruise! The sun, the sea, the fish, the breeze, Och Aye and Kangaroo.

We might just hear a whale sing with a voice so clear and true. If we listen as he calls his friends, "Come swimming with me, too!" The song is soft, the singing sweet, so how could they refuse? I think we'll go along with them, my dear friend Kangaroo.

I know there's nothing quite as good as a summer-long sea cruise. But hooves and paws need solid ground and not the oceans blue. We'd have to make a lot of stops to find some grass to chew. So best we don't stray far from land, old jumping Kangaroo.

Maybe we can see the sea from right here in the zoo. If we look across the city below the sky, there in the view. We wouldn't have to get so wet or tell our friends the news. That we were leaving in the morning on a windy, wet sea cruise.

So if you go to Scotland they're still waiting there for you. Dreaming of a long sea voyage that they will never do. Come right through the big front gate, right there in Glasgow Zoo. And see if you can find your friends, HELLO!, Och Aye and Kangaroo.