ON THE BEACH AT BALI-BALI

(Al Sherman, Jack Maskill, Abner Silver)


As recorded by:
Maurice Win nick & His Orchestra
V. Sam Costa
Recorded 30th June 1936

Also recorded by:
Tommy Dorsey, V. Bing Crosby
Dorsey Brothers
Jimmy Lunceford
Bunny Berigan / Artie Shaw
Henry “Red” Allen
Frank Chacksfield
Connee Boswell
Primo Scala & His Accordion Band
………….and many more



It happened on the beach at Bali-Bali
I found her dreaming on the golden sands
It happened on the beach at Bali-Bali
It wasn’t long till we were holding hands

And while we strolled along the beach together
We kissed and then she promised to be mine
You could’ve knocked me over with a feather
When she told me that she came from Caroline

The day I sailed across the ocean
To find romance across the sea
I never had the slightest notion
I’d meet the girl who used to live next door to me

And now we own a cottage in the valley
A little paradise that’s hers and mine
It happened on the beach at Bali-Bali
And ended up way down in Caroline.






Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection

(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2013)