Orinoco Flow

The song was highly popular in the early 1990s and was featured on many pop music compilations. It shares part of its name with Orinoco Studios (now Miloco Studios), where it was recorded. The division of syllables to follow the pattern of music may trick the listener into thinking that the song is written in Latin (as some Enya tracks are), but the lyrics are in fact English. At the end of the song she pays tribute to Warner Brothers Music UK CEO Rob Dickins and makes a more veiled reference to producer Ross Cullum. In 1998 a special edition 10th anniversary remix single was released. Locations referenced in lyrics (in order of mention) Orinoco River, Venezuela and Colombia Tripoli, Libya Yellow Sea, China Bissau, Guinea-Bissau Palau, islands near the Philippines Avalon, British Isles Fiji, Fiji islands Tiree, Scotland Isles of Ebony, England Peru, Peru Cebu, Philippines Babylon, Iraq Bali, Indonesia Cali, a city in Colombia Coral Sea, Australia Ebudae (Inner Hebrides), Scotland (also the name of a later Enya song) Khartoum, Sudan Sea of Clouds, the Moon, possibly Mount Huangshan, China Island of the Moon, Madagascar Ross Dependency (this was an in song reference to Ross Cullum)

Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow, Let me reach, let me beach On the shores of Tripoli. Let me sail, let me sail, Let me crash upon your shore, Let me reach, let me beach Far beyond the Yellow Sea. Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away From Bissau to Palau in the shade of Avalon, From Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony, From Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon, From Bali to Cali far beyond the Coral Sea. Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, adieu Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, adieu Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up, up, adieu Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away From the North to the South, Ebudæ into Khartoum, From the deep Sea of Clouds To the Island of the Moon, Carry me on the waves To the lands I've never been, Carry me on the waves To the lands I've never seen. We can sail, we can sail, with the Orinoco flow, We can sail, we can sail We can steer, we can near With Rob Dickins at the wheel, We can sigh, say goodbye Ross and his dependencies We can sail, we can sail Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away Sail away, sail away, sail away