Criteria: One song per singer (mostly local), no vulgarity, pleasant sound on the boat. Songs in major keys make you positive.
Other Special Mentions for some good bluegrass music, MS blues, and alternative rock:- If I had a Boat, Lyle Lovett
- Green on the Right, Kelly McGuire
- Matagorda, Larry Joe Taylor
- Sea Wall, Wood & Wire (Austin, Tx Bluegrass band)
- Fun all Wrong, Roger Creager
- My Kind of Day on Padre, Gary P. Nunn
- Come Away with Me, Norah Jones
- Corpus Christi Bay, Robert Earl Keen
- Latitude and Attitude, Eric Stone Band
- Girl with the Dirty Hair, Adam Carroll
- Big Blue Sea, Bob Schneider
- My Texas, Josh Abbott and Pat Green
- Boats to Build, Guy Clark
- Heavenly Houseboat Blues, Townes Van Zandt
- Feelin Good, Charlie Robison
- Saltwater Cowboy, Tracy Byrd
- Knee Deep, Zac Brown Band
The Dock of the Bay, Otis Redding
- The Lovecats, The Cure
- Boat Drinks, Jimmy Buffett
- Pain Killer or Pontoon, Little Big Town
- Costa Rica, Emmitt-Nershi Band
- Spanish Mary, Rhiannon Giddens Laffan
- Just You and Me, Zee Avi
- The Sea and the Shore, Amy Speace & John Fullbright
- Blender Bender, Matt Hoggatt
- Red solo cup, Toby Keith
- Wash Away (reprised), Joe Purdy
- Fisherman's Blues, The Waterboys
- World in my Eyes, Depeche Mode (Thank you Austin City Limits Festival 2013)
- 115th Dream, Bob Dylan
- Like A Ship, Traveling Wilburys
- Ben Riley, James Houlahan
- Southern Cross, Crosby Stills & Nash
- Sail Away, David Gray
- Moonlight Sail, Jim Morris
- Into the Mystic, Jen Chapin
- Octopus's Garden, The Beatles
- Island in the Sun, Weezer
- Terra Nova, James Taylor
- The Gulf of Mexico, Clint Black (written by Steve Earle)
- Five O'Clock Somewhere, Alan Jackson
- Sea of Love, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
- I'm your Captain, Grand Funk Railroad
- Redneck Yacht Club, Craig Morgan
- Longer Boats, Cat Stevens
- Carolina, Corey Smith
- Ocean Man, Ween
- Drift away, Uncle Kracker
- Put your Records On, Corinne Bailey Rae
- Outta Here, Kenny Chesney
- Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image
- Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin
Exodus, Bob Marley
- Barefoot Holiday, Brent Burns
- Sloop John B, Beach Boys
- Wasting Time, Jack Johnson
- Free, Donavon Frankenreiter
- You Ain't Gonna Worry Me, Town Mountain
- Steal My Kisses, Ben Harper
- Light Today, Eddie Vedder
- Sailin' Shoes, Robert Palmer
- Cool Change, Little River Band
- Brandy, Looking Glass
- Sea Cruise, Frankie Ford
- Vahevala, Loggins and Messina
- Blood Red Roses, Sting
- Summer Breeze, Seals and Croft
- Water in the Sky, Phish
- Santeria, Sublime
- Sundown, Gordon Lightfoot
- Catch the Wind, Donovan
- Beach People, Jerry Diaz & Hanna's Reef
- Sailor's Lament, Creedance Clearwater Revival
- Cowboy boots and bathin suits, Jerry Jeff Walker
- A Sunny Day, Mac McAnally
- Back to the Island, Hugo Duartes
- Feel the Tide, Mumford & Sons
- Jessica, Allman Brothers
- Big Ship, Freddy McGregor
- Sail Away, Sister Hazel
- Best I Ever Had, Vertcal Horizon
- Bluenose, Stan Rogers
- Walk on the Ocean, Toad the Wet Sprockets
- Let's Get Lost, Pokey LaFarge
- 5 Years Time, Noah & The Whale
- Seven Seas, Echo and the Bunnymen
- Yacht Dance, XTC
- Riptide, Vance Joy
- A Sailboat in the Moonlight, Billie Holiday
- Departing Louisiana, Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison
- Sky Rider, Hot Rize
- Leaving Home Sundae, Fruition
- Sailing Boats, Dear Luna
- Line Drive, Frank Solivan & Kitchen Kitchen
- Lucky, Jason Mraz
- Lay Low, Shovels and Rope (a couple and dog, Townes, from Charleston, SC)
- Little Talks, Of Monsters and Men
- Sea of Heartbreak, Johnny Cash
- Every Breaking Wave, U2
- In The Summertime, Mungo Jerry
- Flower, Cody Simpson
- The Lighthouse's Tale, Nickel Creek
- My Life, My Love, Family and Friends
- Nights, Avicii
- On Top of the World, Imagine Dragons
- I Lived, OneRepublic
- Totally Naked, Talking Heads
- Wagon Wheel, singer Darius Rucker, (written by Old Crow Medicine Show & Bob Dylan)
- Dirty River Boys (from El Paso)
- Houston Train, Houndmouth
- Down to the Bottom, Delta Rae
- Ellie Goulding
- Come as You Are, Nirvana
- Home, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zone
- In Spite of Ourselves, John Prine
- Alison Krauss
- Bill Monroe (father of Bluegrass)
- Hammock Swinging, Trampled By Turtles
- Kiss the Flame, Jewel
- Cory Morrow
- Whiskey Shivers
- The Wooden Song, Butthole Surfers
- Terraplane Blues, Robert Johnson, enjoy Delta blues, recorded in San Antonio Tx
- Backwater Blues, Bessie Smith
- Big Road Blues, Tommy Johnson
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