Al Bowlly - Ferry Boat Serenade

I have never been aboard a steamer
I am just content to be a dreamer
Even if I could afford a steamer
I will take the ferry boat every time

I love to ride the ferry
Where music is so merry
There's a man who plays the concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena

While boys and girls are dancing
While sweethearts are romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy, with the ferry boat serenade

I am happy, very, very happy
When we're on the ferry
The music is so merry
There's a man who plays the concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena, arena

I love to ride the ferry
Where music is so merry
There's a man who always plays the concertina, oh my
On the moonlit upper deck arena, by and by

While the boys and girls are dancing, oh dancing
While, while the sweethearts are romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy with the ferry boat serenade

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I love to ride the ferry
Sailing, sailing where, where the music is so merry
There's a man who just plays the concertina
On the moonlit upper deck arena

All the while the boys and girls are dancing
Look around and you see sweethearts romancing
Life is like a mardi-gras
Funiculi, funicula

Happy, we cling together
Happy, we sing together
Happy, with the ferry boat serenade

Category:

Music

Tags:

• al
• bowlly
• ferry
• boat
• serenade
• dancehall
• 30s
• oldies

[LaVerne37]

Patty,Maxene,& LaVerne Andrews would be proud, Thanks for posting!

Wayne In Texas

[xevcosmo]

Excellent! Al Bowlly had such a wide range. Most of us are famillar with his Ray Noble recordings, this one is fun.

[thomasojii31]

This is lovely. I first heard this tune played by, " The Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans" Vocals by Anne Lenner

[Georgewos]

This is the first I heard someone else beside The Andrews Sisters or the Kay Kyser orchestra play this song.