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 dampen 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      [Incomprehensible]