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"Six Months In A Leaky Boat" is a Split Enz song covered by The Wiggles on the It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! album and video with singer of Split Enz, Tim Finn.

Transcript[]

Greg: Well, everybody, we got very special friend to meet now. His name is Tim Finn. Hi, Tim.

Tim: Hi, Greg.

Greg: Now where are you from, Tim?

Tim: I come from New Zealand, or as the Maori people used to call it, "Aoteroa".

Greg: And what does that mean?

Tim: It means "Land of the Long, White Cloud".

Greg: A-ha! And you've written a song for us today.

Tim: Yeah, we've written a song for the Captain, actually. It's called "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".

Greg: Wow, Six Months in a Leaky Boat! Well everybody, join in singing and dancing as we sing "Six Months in a Leaky Boat".

Lyrics[]

'Ahoy there me hearties. Come for a trip with me,
Captain Feathersword, on my friendly pirate ship.
Whoah ho ho, but look out – its leaking!'

When the captain was a young boy
He wanted to sail around the world
'That’s the life for me, whoah ho.
Living on the sea. Whoah ho ho ho ho'
The spirit of a sailor, sailing all around the globe
'Round and round. I’m a buccaneer. Whoah ho
I’ll acknowledge no frontier. Ho ho ho ho'

I remember you by, thunderclap in the sky
Lightening flash, tempers flare
‘Round Cape Horn if you dare

I just spent six months in a leaky boat
Lucky just to keep afloat
La da da da ahh da da do do do-doh

Aoteroa ('Oh look, there’s New Zealand')
Rugged individual
Glisten like a pearl ('Oh, so shiny. Whoah ho')
At the bottom of the world
('Oh, down under. Yeah')
The tyranny of distance ('Such a long way')
Didn’t stop the buccaneer
'So why should it stop me?
Whoah ho. I’m sailing to be free'

Ah c’mon all you lads
Let’s forget and forgive
There’s a world to explore ('Let’s go exploring')
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat ('Whoah ho')
Six months in a leaky boat ('Whoah ho ho')
La da da da ahh da da do do do-doh

‘Come on now me hearties. Let’s do a pirate dance
Yo ho ho. Who ho ho. Oh, bend your knees now.
That’s right. Whoah ho ho,
now you’re really dancing
Ho ho ho ho. Oh well done me hearties.'

Ah c’mon all you lads
Let’s forget and forgive
There’s a world to explore ('Oh let's explore')
Tales to tell back on shore
I just spent six months in a leaky boat ('Whoah ho')
Nothing to it, leaky boat ('Oh no')
La da da da ahh da da do do do-doh

Song Credits[]

T FINN Lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Mushroom Music

Performances/Appearances[]

Video Appearances[]

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Trivia[]

  • Wags the Dog, Henry, The Octopus and Dorothy the Dinosaur are absent from this number. This marks the first time Wags is absent from a number.
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