The tale of the Lost Minnow

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.

The weather started getting rough,

The tiny ship was tossed,

If not for the courage of the fearless crew

The Minnow would be lost, the Minnow would be lost.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle

With Gilligan

The Skipper too,

The millionaire and his wife,

The movie star

The Professor and Mary Ann,*

Here on Gilligan's Isle.

Now this is the tale of our castaways,

They're here for a long, long time,

They'll have to make the best of things,

It's an uphill climb.

The first mate and his Skipper too,

Will do their very best,

To make the others comfortable,

In their tropic island nest.

No phone, no lights, no motor car,

Not a single luxury,

Like Robinson Crusoe,

It's primitive as can be.

So join us here each week my friend,

You're sure to get a smile,

From seven stranded castaways,

Here on "Gilligan's Isle."

Often referenced as a cautionary tale about the The Great Storm