Typically tropical - Barbados 1975

Typically tropical - Barbados 1975

Ladies and gentlemen
this is Captain Tobias Willcock
Welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways Flight 372 to
Bridgetown
Barbados. We will be flying at a height
32.000 feet
and at an air speed of approximately
600 miles per hour. Refreshments will be served after
take-off. Kindly fasten you safety belts
and refrain
From smoking until the aircraft is airborne.

Woh
I'm going to Barbados
woh
back to the palm trees.
Woh
I'm going to see my girl friend
Woh
in the sunny Caribean sea.

I don't want to be a bus driver all my life.
I've seen too much of Brixton town in the night.
Fly away on Coconut Airways
fly me high
Barbados sky.

I look up the sky and I see the clouds.
I look down at the ground
and I see the rain go down the drain.
Fly away on Coconut Airways
fly me high
Barbados sky.

Woh
I'm going to Barbados
woh
back to the palm trees.
Woh
I'm going to see my girl friend
Woh
in the sunny Caribean sea.

Far away from London Town and the rain
It's really very nice to be home again.
Mary Jane met the Coconut Airplane.
Now I know she loves me so.

Woh
I'm going to Barbados
woh
back to the palm trees.
Woh
I'm going to see my girl friend
Woh
in the sunny Caribean sea.

Ladies and gentlemen
we are now commencing our approach
To Bridgetown
Barbados. The weather is fine
with a maximum temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
The sky is blue
And the palm trees are really cool.
Captain Willcock and his
Crew hope you have had a pleasant flight
and that you will
Fly Coconut Airways again.

Woh
I'm going to Barbados
woh
back to the palm trees.
Woh
I'm going to see my girl friend
Woh
in the sunny Caribean sea.

Woh
I'm going to Barbados
woh
back to the palm trees.
Woh
I'm going to see my girl friend
Woh
in the sunny Caribean sea.Po

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pop
• 80s
• UK
• Typically
• tropical
• Barbados
• I'm
• going
• to
• back
• the
• palm
• trees
• see
• my
• girl
• friend
• in
• sunny
• Caribean
• sea
• Far
• away
• from
• London
• Town
• and
• rain
• It's
• really
• very
• nice
• be
• home
• again
• 1975

[yaremus]

I was one of the people who sang 'whoa! on the record. I was a tape op at Morgan Studios and worked on this song.

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

Forgot to say, how can the woman at 2 minutes & 35 seconds who's directly opposite the camara clap out of time so badly? sing along..."Now I now she gives a blow".

[slma617]

@David lol

[GriefTourist]

woah i'm going to barbados....then coming back with a suitcase full of coke

[SuperMegabar]

Must admit... When i first heard this i thought it was a black dude singing...

[yaremus]

@martini356 Please ask your mate to tell his dad that Dave S the Energised tape operator from the session says 'Hi'. I hear that Jeff is now a pilot... Funnily enough!

[yaremus]

@GWC1975 There were about ten of us on the 'whoas'. I was a tape operator at the studio and on the session. I made sure my voice could be picked out through the topography of microphone placement and, indeed, I can distinguish my voice. The Vengaboys sampled our 'whoas' so I've been at No.1 in the singles charts twice!

[GWC1975]

@yaremus

Do you remember how many of you sang the "whoa"? I'm curious how many voices that lyric is composed of.

[jesse4684]

It would be good if only one could hear it !Pump up the volume !

[hazmat151]

whoa, i was honestly not expecting du to be white! great tune.

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

A true '1 Hit Wonder' making number 1 in the U.K on the 5th-July-75. What a classic!

"Wo, I'm going to Barbados , Wo, back to the palm trees, Wo I'm gona shag my girlfriend, right up her tight Jacksie!!!