Boater's Life for Me Lyrics based on a poem by Dave Roberts. Music by Alfred Ince. Recorded by Whatever Martin Wants I won't go down to the sea again I'll stick to the old canal And all I ask is an anorak And a boat called the ‘Saucy Sal’ And the drone of bees on the soft warm breeze Makes the toughest boater smile And we're always drunk on Merrie Monk There's a pub every half a mile Sing ho, sing he, sing fiddle-de-dee A boater's life for me She's a grand old pal is the ‘Saucy Sal’ Made of vintage fibreglass She's a little bit rough but I can't get enough Of her dashing style and class And blokes on boats with dayglow coats And plastic captain's hats Are all in awe of her sliding door And non slip shower mat This year I'm off to Middlewich Where I'll have myself a fling And I just can't fail with a crate of ale And a map of the Cheshire Ring You can look for me on the S.U.C. In a baggy Fair Isle jersey I'll be tootling down to that quaint old town Where I'll join the Trent and Mersey Yes I must go down to the festival On the good old T&M With my favourite pal the ‘Saucy Sal’ She's a little floating gem And at journey's end I'll meet dear old friends And we'll sit comparing notes On our humdrum lives and complaining wives And we'll laugh at each others boats So I won't go down to the sea again As I find it over-rated I'll stay afloat with my favourite boat As previously stated For it’s loads of fun In the summer sun On the old Grand Trunk Canal So forget your cares and join us there at the Middlewich Festival Based on a Dave Roberts poem written for the 1991 Middlewich Festival. Whatever Martin Wants evoke the spirit of the original Folk & Boat Festival. Music by Alfred Ince.