Stairway to Gilligan’s Island
May. 19781 viewer
Stairway to Gilligan’s Island Lyrics
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship
The mate was a mighty sailing man
The skipper brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour
A three hour tour
Aww, makes me wonder
Now the ship took ground on the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan
The Skipper too
A millionaire and his wife
The movie star
Ohh, and the rest
They're here on Gilligan's island
The weather started getting rough
And the tiny ship was tossed
If not for the courage of the crew
The poor Minnow would be lost
The ship set ground upon the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship
The mate was a mighty sailing man
The skipper brave and sure
Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour
A three hour tour
Aww, makes me wonder
Now the ship took ground on the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan
The Skipper too
A millionaire and his wife
The movie star
Ohh, and the rest
They're here on Gilligan's island
The weather started getting rough
And the tiny ship was tossed
If not for the courage of the crew
The poor Minnow would be lost
The ship set ground upon the shore
Of this uncharted desert isle
And they're here on Gilligan's island
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Comical juxtaposition of “Stairway to Heaven” and “The Ballad of Gilligan’s Island”. Led Zepplin’s lawyers forced them to cease production and destroy all existing copies of the song. In an interview with NPR, Robert Plant said it was his favorite cover of “Stairway to Heaven”.
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May 1978
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