Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

16 Aug 02 - 03:22 AM (#766319)
Subject: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: Mr Happy

here are the words i already know to this song:

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside, I do like to be beside the sea, I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom, Where the brassbands play Tiddley-om-pom-pom! So just let me be beside the seaside, I'll be beside myself with glee; And there's lots of girls beside, I should like to be beside, Beside the seaside, beside the sea. - John A. Glover-Kind, 1907; Music Hall Ballad

does anyone have any more verses?

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16 Aug 02 - 04:17 AM (#766329)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: masato sakurai

MP3 recording (scratchy, though) of this song by FLORRIE FORDE is HERE.

~Masato

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16 Aug 02 - 08:13 PM (#766730)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: Mr Happy

masato,

domo arigato for your speedy response.

my pc doesn't do music.

are there more verses on this record?

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16 Aug 02 - 08:49 PM (#766736)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: GUEST,mg

I like to be beside the sea beside the sea beside the seaside by the beautiful sea

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17 Aug 02 - 02:08 PM (#767061)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: masato sakurai

MIDI & lyrics are HERE (Melody Lane), but "You must REGISTER FIRST BY EMAIL before accessing music pages." (I haven't yet.)

~Masato

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17 Aug 02 - 09:31 PM (#767230)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: Jim Dixon

Two verses and the chorus of I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE have been posted previously in the thread called Lyr Req: Non-Folk: By the Sea, and there is another verse in the thread called Oh we do like to be beside the seaside!, as well as some discussion.

Jim D. (no relation to Reginald)

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18 Aug 02 - 05:33 AM (#767355)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: GUEST,Mark Cohen temporarily cookieless

I think the other song that mg was referring to goes
beside your side
beside the sea
beside the seaside
by the beautiful sea

I think it's American, but I don't know the rest of it, either. I'd guess it dates from the 20s or 30s.

Aloha,
Mark

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18 Aug 02 - 05:51 AM (#767359)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: GUEST,Mark Cohen

OK, now I remember it, thanks to Google. By the Beautiful Sea, by Harold Atteridge and Harry Carroll, from the 1914 musical "For Me and My Gal." (I knew that.) The link has a MIDI of the tune, and here is what may be a transcript of the original dialogue that went with it. Whew...that would have bugged me all night.

Aloha,
Mark

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18 Aug 02 - 11:41 AM (#767445)
Subject: Lyr Add: I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE
From: Peter K (Fionn)

For the record, here is the full original text. The song was written by John A Glover-Kind, who also wrote the tune.

Everyone delights to spend their summer 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 or garden 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 cockle shells 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 beide myself with glee;
And there's lots of girls beside
I sould like to be beside,
Beside the seaside, beside he sea."

Timothy went to Blackpool for the day last Eastertide.
To see what he could see by the side of the sea;
Soon as 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,
Til 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:

Chorus

William Sykes the burglar, he'd been out to work one night,
Filled his bag with jewels, cash and plate.
Constable Brown flet 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:

Chorus

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19 Aug 02 - 04:19 AM (#767805)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
From: Mr Happy

fionn, masato, et al,

a tremendously helpful response from you all! thankyou very much.

regards,

mr happy

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