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Ship ahoy!— Ship ahoy!" (Chorus): Any old port in a storm lads Whatever that port may be, And thanks be given our Father in Heav'n Who watches o'er you and me, Tho', we're far, far away from the land we seek Where the heart of true love beats warm; For the shelter there, is a haven fair; Any old port in a storm, Any old port in a storm.
The book A Change is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America notes that unlike the seminal work by Haley, "Ship Ahoy" is a hopeless, ominous song that offers "no sense that things are going to work out fine." [9] In its 1974 review of the album, The New York Times characterized the song as "dark and occasionally spine-chilling."
"Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)" is an English music hall song from 1908, written by Bennett Scott and A. J. Mills of the Star music publishing company in London. Some sources credit Scott alone; others additionally credit their colleague Fred Godfrey. [1] The song was first performed by male impersonator Hetty King.
"The Old Ship of Zion" is a Christian hymn written by M. J. Cartwright sometime around 1889 (exact date not known), played to a tune written by Daniel B. Towner. The song was used in the eighth episode of the fourth season of the television series Boardwalk Empire. The episode is also named after the hymn.
The song was covered by The Dynamics on their 2011 album 180,000 Miles and Counting. The song was covered by Tackhead on their 2014 album of the same name, For the Love of Money. The song was covered by Nektar on their 2012 album "A Spoonful of Time." The song was used as part of a medley on the soundtrack album to the musical MJ.
"Put Your Hands Together" is a song recorded by The O'Jays song in 1973 for their album Ship Ahoy, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart. [2] The song reached #47 in Canada. [3] It is their third song to reach the top 10 of the Hot 100 after "Back Stabbers" and "Love Train".
Ship Ahoy! (All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor) is a 1908 music hall song with the line "all the nice girls love a tar". The second verse of George M. Cohan's song "You're a Grand Old Flag" contains the line "Hurrah! Hurrah! for every Yankee Tar".
Whilst the Irish Republican themes in "Sad Affair" are well publicised, Marxman lyrics also considered themes such as domestic violence with their 1993 single "All About Eve", and comparing the African slave trade and the colonisation of Ireland to modern wage slavery in "Ship Ahoy".