When you sail up the Red Sea, you become a member of
the Red Sea Blues Club. All the members of this exclusive club earn
the right to sing the Red Sea Blues by sailing fifteen hundred miles up the
Red Sea, through the Suez Canal, and into the Med Sea. They
experienced gales in the Bab Al Mandeb, and caught Dengue fever in Eritrea.
Desert Sand penetrated every nook and cranny of their yacht, and their sails
were stained red by blowing desert dust. They also learned to speak at
least one new word in Arabic - the dreaded BAKSHEESH word that relentlessly
followed them everywhere they went in Egypt.
Now, you too can sing the Red Sea Blues. But you
won't really understand what the words mean until you get your own sailboat
and sail up the Red Sea on your own yacht. The choice is yours.
Vicariously experience the agony and ecstasy of singing the Red Sea Blues,
or get your own yacht, and become a member of the Red Sea Blues Club.
THE RED SEA BLUES
From the gales of Bab Al Mandeb,
To baksheesh of Egyptian lands,
Fifteen hundred miles of headwinds,
And blowing desert sands,
I've got the Red Sea blues.
Dodging Yemeni pirates,
Running reefs in Sudan,
No fuel in Eritrea,
Only landmines, Oh man,
I've got the Red Sea blues.
Red sails in the sunset,
Red sand on the deck.
Red Sea reef all around us,
Red Sea rash on my neck.
I've got the Red Sea blues.
A month long stop in Abu Tig,
Bus convoy to Abu Simbel,
Boat anchored in Abu Nowhere,
And more baksheesh, Oh well,
I've got the Red Sea blues.
The pilots are the pirates
Of the Suez Canal,
Their pockets full of my baksheesh,
I think I'm going to yell.
I've got the Red Sea blues.
I fear for my safety.
I've got the Red Sea blues.
I fear for your safety,
You've got the Red Sea blues.
Blues,
I've got the blues.
I've got the Red Sea blues.
It's not the Med Sea.
It's not the Dead Sea.
It's the Red Sea blues.
I dare you to go out and buy your own yacht and sail up the Red Sea. I
can guarantee it will be an experience you never forget, and as a free
bonus, you will become a member of the Red Sea Blues Club.
