(Keller)
Transcribed from Cab Calloway and His Orchestra with vocals by Cab Calloway,
recorded Nov. 3, 1941.
From Cab
Calloway and His Orchestra 1941-1942; The Chronological Classics 682.
I went down to the sea one day,
To see the fish jump around and
play,
Watched the mermaids swing and
sway
To the music of the sea.
I went down to the sea one day,
To see the sun drive the clouds
away,
Watched the sail boats rock and
roll
To the music of the sea.
And I met a lovely maiden on that
May Day afternoon,
She promised she would wed me on
a summer day next June.
But it was only a dream that day,
Her old man Neptune came up to
say,
"Flap your fins and swim away,
You belong back in the sea."
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