Blue Baron/Russ Morgan
 - words and music by Eily Beadell and Nell Tollerton, two middle-aged women
 who wrote the song to win a British songwriting contest in 1945
 - sung by the crew of H.M.S. Amethyst as it made its historic dash down the
 Yangtze River in 1949

 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
 With one you love, the sun above waiting for the moon
 The old accordian playing a sentimental tune
 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon
 The birds above all sing of love, a gentle sweet refrain
 The winds around all make a sound like softly falling rain
 Just two of us together, we'll plan a honeymoon
 Cruising down the river on a Sunday afternoon