Thanks all for your replies.
I have changed the song a bit. I sing it in another key (Dm instead of Em). I think it fits better with my voice. I also changed the solo-fiddle, because it was too joyful.
Misha gave me a tip for using Izothope exiter. I had it all the time and I think it does work fine. at least to my ears.

And than the nice part: I added the sound effects that my brother asked me for. I did it to please him, but to my surprise I liked it myself! So I kept them. You can imagine what I sang about an being in that boat.

And I've searched for the rattle, RayC. I think you meant the multidrum SmoothJazzCoolsw16 with the Chajchas in it, or maybe the first Fiddle. I soften that one later on in the verse. Hope it won't bother anymore...

But I could not ignore my need to allways do something else too: I made an alternative Bad Luck (we all have some of it). It has a rhythm I liked more. It gives more dynamics to the song. If you want to listen:
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130/bad-luck-alternative-rhythm

Nice day to you all,
Hans

Hans Berkhout
(Birchwood)
https://soundcloud.com/user-296497130