Boats

We attempt to build a bridge of boats from Eastport to Lubec, just as Xerxes did in 480 BC at the Hellespont. And actually, over 500 years later, in around 40 AD, Roman Emperor Caligula decided to try the same stunt. We calculate that by stringing 900 lobster boats side-by-side, and piling dirt on top to create a highway, we can shave 40 minutes from the drive between the two mini-metropolises.

Hour One:

1 - Row, Row, Row Your Boat - The Four King Sisters with Alvino Rey and his Orchestra - 1940

2 - Row That Rowboat - The Norton Sisters with the McFarland Twins and their Orchestra – 1942

3 - Connola Argiento (My Boat is a Silver Gondola) - Rosina De Stefano - 1930

4 - The Boy in the Boat - Charlie Johnson and his Paradise Band – 1928

5 - Le Bateau des Iles (The Boat to the Isles) - Tino Rossi  - 1951

6 - Mississippi Dreamboat - Jean Eldridge with Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra – 1939

7 - A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship) - Ray Nance with Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra - 1942

8 - Steamboat Bill - Paul Tremaine Orchestra – 1930

9 - Hualalai (Steamboat Hula) - Ray Kinney and his Hawaiians - 1939

10 - On the Good Ship Lollypop - The Stewart Sisters with Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees – 1934

11 - Like a Ship at Sea - Dan Grissom with Jimmie Lunceford And His Orchestra - 1937

12 - Rockin' the Boat - Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra – 1918

13 - Bon Voyage To My Ship Of Dreams - Jimmie Grier and the Cocoanut Grove  Orchestra - 1932

14 - Steamboat Sal - Jan Garber – 1923

15 - When My Ship Comes In - Ambrose And His Orchestra – 1935

16 - Shanty Boat on the Mississippi - Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra – 1939

Hour Two:

17 - The Molly K Matter - Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – 1955 (Radio Drama)