I ran across the sheet music at, of all places, MIT. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be the song anyone was looking for.


BOBBIN' UP AND DOWN
Words, D. A. Esrom (1890-1953), music, Theodore F. Morse (1873-1924)
New York: Theodore Morse Music Co., ©1913.

1. Come on and take a trip
On a funny little ship
And sail away, sail away.
Don't even stop to pack.
We'll grab a taxi-hack
And leave today, leave today.
Hear that siren sigh.
Let's go, you and I,
Where the breeze is blowing and the waves roll high.

CHORUS: We'll go out on the ocean,
Bobbin' up and down, bobbin' up and down.
Oh, what a motion,
Bobbin' up and down, bobbin' up and down!
It's a funny ship,
And you'll take a dip
In the briny, honey, if your feet should slip.
All the chairs and dishes
Are bobbin' up and down, bobbin' up and down.
Even the fishes
Are bobbin' up and down.
See the captain and the crew,
Ev'rybody, even you,
Keep bobbin', bobbin', bobbin' up and down.

2. Oh, honey, take a look
At the roly-poly cook
And cabin boy, cabin boy.
That sailor on the mast
Is holding mighty fast,
Just like a toy, like a toy.
They keep going roun',
Bobbin' up an down.
You won't see a thing like that in our home town. CHORUS