I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE
(John A. Glover-Kind - 1907)


Mark Sheridan - 1909
Frank Wood - 1930
Mammoth Fair Organ (Instr.) - 1931
Cary Grant & Edmund Gwenn (feat. in the film "Sylvia Scarlett") - 1935
Basil Rathbone (feat. in the film "Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes") - 1939
Robert Newton (feat. in the film "The Beachcomber") - 1954
Primo Scala & His Accordion Band with The Happy Holidaymakers - 1956
The Moontones & The Party Dixielanders - 1958
Reginald Dixon (Instr.) - 1958
Dick James - 1959
Bill Rayner Four (Instr.) - 1970
Bill McGuffie Quintet (Instr.) - 1971
Max Bygraves - 1975
Bernard Manning & Joe "Piano" Henderson - 1975
Jeremy Taylor - 1975
Frank Carson - 1976

Also recorded by: Bad Manners; Egg ........ and others.



Everyone delights to spend their summer's holiday
Down beside the side of the silvery sea
I'm no exception to the rule, in fact, if I'd my way
I'd reside by the side of the silvery sea
But when you're just the common Smith or Jones or Brown
At business up in town you've got to settle down
You save up all the money you can till summer comes around
Then away you go to a spot you know where the cockleshells are found

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom
Where the brass bands play tiddely-om-pom-pom
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls besides I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside, beside the sea

Timothy went to Blackpool for the day last Eastertide
To see what he could see by the side of the sea
Soon he reached the station there, the first thing he espied
Was the Wine Lodge door stood open invitingly
To quench his thirst, he toddled inside, and called out for a ‘wine'
Which grew to eight or nine, till his nose began to shine
Said he “What people see in the sea, I'm sure I fail to see”
So he caught the train back home again, then to his wife said he

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom
Where the brass bands play tiddely-om-pom-pom
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls besides I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside, beside the sea

William Sykes, the burglar, he'd been out to work one night
Filled his bag with jewels, cash and plate
Constable Brown felt quite surprised when William hove in sight
Said he “The hours you're keeping are far too late”
So he grabbed him by the collar and lodged him safe and sound in jail
Next morning looking pale, Bill told a tearful tale
The judge said, “For a couple of months I'm sending you away”
Said Bill “How kind, well if you don't mind where I spend my holiday”

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside
I do like to be beside the sea
I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom
Where the brass bands play tiddely-om-pom-pom
So just let me be beside the seaside
I'll be beside myself with glee
And there's lots of girls besides I should like to be beside
Beside the seaside, beside the sea



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2016)