Songs of the Inland Waterways

Alphabetical Song Menu

Song Title	Author
36 Miles Away from the Sea	While/Matthews
Alice White	Alan Bell
All Hail This Grand Day	-
All the Dark Clouds	Ian H Bruce
The B & MK	Graeme Meek
The Ballad of the Brothers Gunn	Trad/Hayward
The Bargee	Langtry/Whalley/Hipkiss
Bargee Song	-
The Bargemaster (Chigley)	-
Barges	Ralph McTell
Big Diesel Blues	Dusty Miller
Big Ditch Flood	Matthews/While
Birmingham Lads (The New Navigation)	John Freeth
Birmingham-on-Sea	-
The Bishops turn'd Navigators	John Freeth
A Bit of a Do	Barry Goodman
Boatload of Wine	Ian H Bruce
The Boatman	Wendy Freer
Boaty, Boaty, Spit in the Cut	-
The Bold English Navvy	-
The Bold Navigators	-
Bolinder Boatman	Ian Woods
Bosley in the Rain	Ian H Bruce
Bottom Blacking is Boring!	Ian H Bruce
The Braunston Belle and the Number One	Roger Gall
Bring the Sea to Manchester	-
Bristol through to Reading	Foxwell et al
Broken Boats	Barry Skinner
The Bugsworth Tipplers	Ian H Bruce
Call this a Holiday?	Ian H Bruce
The Canal Boat Song	-
Canal Fever	-
Can't Get the Wares Away	Matthews/While
Captains of the Waterways	Jon Raven
Carrying Coal	Ian H Bruce
Carrying the Load	Barry Goodman
Coal, Coal for Manchester	Hugh E Jones
Company Town	Gezz Overington
Come Now Begin Delving	-
The Crinan Canal for Me	-
The Cruise of the Calabar	Several versions
Do They Know, Do They Care?	Miller/Illingworth
Down at the Pub on the Cut	Johnny Handle
Down the Cut	John Mills and Norma King
Dudley Canal Tunnel Song (Push Boys Push)	Dudley Canal Tunnel Trust
The Duke of Bridgewater	Graeme Meek
The End of a Boating Day	Peter Bowers
The English Navvy (A New Temperance Song)	-
The Famous Duke	Jon Raven
The Finest of Them All	Dave Ritchie
Firing Up the Bolinder	Dusty Miller
The First Cargo (Tavistock Canal)	-
The Fray Bentos Tinned Pie	Ian H Bruce
The Ganger's Wife	Matthews/While
The Gay Gondolier	Flanders/Swann
Ghosts	Colin Bargery
The Glamorganshire Canal	Mike Johnson
Good Old George	Jon Raven
Grand Trunk Canal	Dusty Miller
Grantham Canal	-
The Greasy Wheel	Ian Campbell
Hard Life on the Cut	Ian Campbell
Hard Working Boater	David Blagrove
Heartbreak Hill Blues	William Bates
Here Come the Navvies	Ian Campbell
Iced In	Barry Goodman
I Know That I'll Be Back Again	Fred Rogers
Inland Navigation	-
It's a Number One's Life	The Tollhouse Company
In Steam	Buz Collins
I've Been Everywhere	Geoff Mack / Dusty Miller
The Ivel Navigation	Graeme Meek
The Jolly Bargeman	Cicely Fox Smith
Lass of Coventry	-
On Leeds becoming a Seaport Town	-
Leggin' Boats	Whalley/Trad
A Light At The End Of The Tunnel	Barry Goodman
Llangollen Dreams	Ian H Bruce
The Lock-Keeper's Daughter	Bob Thomas & Huw Pudner
Lock Keepers of the Waterways	Graeme Meek
London to Birmingham in 4½ Minutes	Buz Collins
Maid in England	Buz Collins
The Manchester Canal (SS Irwell)	-
The Manchester Ship Canal	-
The Manchester Ship Canal (2)	-
The Manchester Ship Canal Navvy	-
The Mary Ann McHugh	Percy French
Mary Bottles	Bob Thomas & Huw Pudner
Messing About on the River	Tony Hatch
Miles and Miles of Poly	Lloyd, Lloyd, Dodds, Peters
Moving Up the Cuts	Barry Skinner
The Murder of Tom Pudding	Gezz Overington
My Waterway World	Ian H Bruce
Narrowboatman Again	John Clachan
Narrowboatman Blues	Illingworth/Miller
Narrowboat Song	Daniel Cainer
Narrow Boats to Tow	Barry Goodman
Narrow Lock Gates	Bill Caddick
The Navigation (Pub) Song	Ian H Bruce
Navigation (Canal Fever)	-
Navigator	Philip Gaston
The Navvie Man	-
The Navvies Way	Hugh E Jones
Navvy Boots	-
Navvy Boots (More versions)	-
Navvy on the Line	-
The Navvy Boy	-
The Neath and Swansea Canal	Elizabeth Davies
The New Canal	Ron Baxter
The New Navigation (Birmingham Lads)	John Freeth
The New Navigators	Johnny Handle
The New Number Ones	H Bowden/B Peckett
A New Song in Honour of the Proprietors of the Navigation	-
New Song on the Proposed Ship Canal	-
No Worries	Ian H Bruce
The Oldest Springer in Town	Bru and Glen Peckett
On the Cut	D Boulton and J Parton
On the Level	Ian H Bruce
Operation Working Party	Ann Penny
The 'Orrible Trip	David Blagrove
This Obsession	Tony Haynes
Paddy is Yer Man	Peter Chapman
Paddy upon the Canal	-
Park and Glide	Alec Hay
Poor Old Horse	-
The Port Dundas Canal	-
Practical Men	John Crowe
Punters	Robin Laing
Push Boys Push	Dudley Canal Tunnel Trust
The Red Jacket Stream	C Hastings & H Pudner
The Rochdale Canal	Mair Potter & Brian Green
Rochdale Nine	Fred Rogers
The Rosemary	Pete Dodds
Roses and Castles	Graeme Meek
Rosie	Buz Collins
The Roving Navvy	Ian Woods
The Roving Young Boatman	Jane Rouse
The Row between the Boaters	Graham Meek
Saturn	Bill Webb
Seaport Town of Manchester	-
The Ship Canal Song (The Mary)	-
Shropshire Union	Martin Graebe
The Single Bolinder	David Blagrove
The Sixty Foot Narrowboat	Ian H Bruce
Songs of the Waterways	Ian H Bruce
Still Waters	Ian Hartland
Stuck On My Boating Life	John Haywood
The Swan Song	Tony Haynes
Telford's Bridge	John Warner
There Lies an Old Motor	Dixon/Dusty/Miller
The Row Between the Boaters	Graeme Meek
They're Coming Back to the Water	Johnny Handle
The Tilbury	-
Tixall Wide	Allen Maslen
Tom Beech's Last Trip	David Blagrove
The Tommy Note	-
The Top Lock	Ron Baxter
The Trip	Gezz Overington
The Twelve Lock Dublin Canal	-
The Union Canal	Robin Laing
The Unknown Boatman	Dusty Miller
Until the Cut Runs Dry	Graeme Meek
Up the Kennet and Avon	John Mills/Norma King
Voyage of Delight	Ian H Bruce
Waterways Lament	David Blagrove
When the Chestnut Blooms in Flower	David Blagrove
Where the Working Boats Went	Graeme Meek
Whisky Mac on the Macc	Ian H Bruce
Ballad of Wigan Pier	Jack Winstanley
Wild Canal	Norma King
William Parker	Buz Collins
Willow Wren Bride	-
A Working Boatie Man	Graeme Meek
Working Boatman's Way	-