Other-waters

Tell the captain … “Put the rhum on the boat”
Everybody on board, let’s see if she’ll float
Let that old jet plane fly on by
We’ve got the time till the day we die

Let's go to Tahiti
Let's go to Tahiti

Kauai, island of love
Lovely princess of the islands
Kauai, island of love
Listen, can’t you hear her calling

Kauai is the name of one of Hawaii’s islands. From these lyrics you would probably gather that the meaning of the name Kauai would be something like ‘Island of Love’ … but it probably isn’t as there is no known meaning for the name.

Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves
Britons never, never, never shall be slaves.

Why feature the lyrics of this anthem here? I'm not British. Nor do I have British ancestors or any other reason to get lyrical on how great the British are. But I'll give credit where credit is due.

Sittin’ in the mornin’ sun
I’ll be sittin’ when the evenin’ come
Watching the ships roll in
And then I watch ’em roll away again, yeah