By the sea, Mr. Todd, that's the life I covet By the sea, Mr. Todd, ooh, I know you'd love it You and me, Mr. T, we could be alone In a house what we'd almost own
Down by the sea, anything you say Wouldn't that be smashing?
With the sea at our gate, we'll have kippered herring What have swum to us straight from the Straits of Bering Every night in the kip, when we're through our kippers I'll be there slipping off your slippers
By the sea, with the fishes splashing By the sea, wouldn't that be smashing? Down by the sea, anything you say Anything you say
I can see us waking, the breakers breaking The seagulls squawking, hoo, hoo I do me baking, then I go walking With you-hoo, you-hoo
I'll warm me bones on the esplanade Have tea and scones with me gay young blade Then I'll knit a sweater, while you write a letter Unless we've got better to do-hoo Anything you say
Think how snug it'll be underneath our flannel When it's just you and me and the English Channel In our cozy retreat, kept all neat and tidy We'll have chums over every Friday
By the sea, anything you say Don't you love the weather? By the sea, we'll grow old together By the seaside, hoo, hoo By the beautiful sea
Oh, I can see us now in our bathing dresses You in a nice navy, and me stripes perhaps
It'll be so quiet, that who'll come by it Except a seagull, hoo, hoo We shouldn't try it Though 'til it's legal for two-hoo
But a seaside wedding could be devised Me rumpled bedding legitimized Me eyelids'll flutter, I'll turn into butter The moment I mutter I do-hoo
By the sea, in our nest, we could share our kippers With the odd paying guest from the weekend trippers Have a nice sunny suite for the guest to rest in Now and then, you could do the guest in
By the sea, married nice and proper By the sea, bring along your chopper To the seaside, hoo, hoo By the beautiful sea