Night boat to Cairo

It's just gone noon, half past monsoon

On the banks of the river Nile

Here comes the boat, only half-afloat

Oarsman grins a toothless smile

Only just one more to this desolate shore

Last boat along the river Nile

Doesn't seem to care, no more wind in his hair

As he reaches his last half mile

The oar snaps in his hand before he reaches dry land

But the sound doesn't deafen his smile

Just pokes at wet sand with an oar in his hand

Floats off down the river Nile

Floats off down the river Nile

All aboard, night boat to Cairo

Night boat to Cairo

Night Boat to Cairo komt van het debutalbum "One Step Beyond" van de Britse Ska/Pop band Madness uit 1979. De structuur van het nummer is niet zoals een standaard nummer, maar wel bomvol energie! Veel saxgeweld, met een gierende tenor saxofoon solo, die eventueel ook door een ander instrument ingevuld kan worden.