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The idea to write on the family theme grew organically out of Johnny Duhan's earlier excavations of family history. Measuring the early struggles of his own marriage against his parents' rocky relationship, he first wrote a song called "Trying to Get the
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magazine has predicted that "The Voyage" will be around long after most popular rock songs are long forgotten. This echoes
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Music experts note most modern popular songs have a relatively short life span. But "The Voyage" grows more popular with age. Many standard ballads are restricted by national boundaries. But "The Voyage" is sung all over the world in
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Ever since Moore's versions, "The Voyage"'s fame remains solid. Politicians, clergymen, writers, journalists and school teachers have eulogised the lyric. Choirs often sing it as part of their repertoire. Comedians gag on it. Marriage counsellors swear by it.
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who recorded a version in 1989 that became the definitive and most well-known version of the song. Johnny Duhan went on to record his own version for his similarly titled album
47:"Life is an ocean, love is a boat In troubled waters it keeps us afloat, When we started the voyage There was just me and you, Now look around us, We have our own crew".
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