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They
call me quiet Sandy, 'cause I like to be alone.
I
love the bounding, bouncing wave, the ocean is my home.
I
could tell you lots o' tales you never heard afore,
So
when I tell you what I'm gaun to tell, ye'll simply roar.
Chorus
Out
on the bounding ocean, over the bounding sea,
Bounding
over the bounding wave, that's the place for me.
I'm
a bounding bounder when I'm bounding over the sea,
Up
the north o' the Firth o' Forth I bound on the bounding sea.
Verse 2
The
tales I often tell my friends they cause them great suprise,
But
what's the good of telling tales when they say you're telling lies?
Now,
I'm a chap that wouldn't lie, the truth is eas'ly said,
The
only time I ever lie is when I lie in bed,
Spoken:
And
what I'm going to tell you is the truth, and if you haven't heard about
it, well,
it's
time you did hear about it. But you must have heard about- No?- well,
I'll tell you how
Shackleton
and I nearly discovered the South Pole. It was one Sunday morning
- No- I'm
telling
a lie - it was a Saturday morning, 'cause I had borrowed a couple of bob,
and had
rushed
into this little refreshment place, when Shackleton introduced himself
and asked me
what
I would have. Well, I needn't tell you he was just in time to save
my two bob, I said,
"What
are you having yourself, Shack?" He said, "Oh, I'm having a small liqueur."
I said,
"Well,
I'll have a large one." So I scoffed it off quick. So Shack gave the waiter
a wink to
fetch
another. (hic) So I scoffed it off too. So Shack said to me,
"You seem to be very dry,
Sandy."
I said, "Yes, sir, I'm always dry in the morning." He said, "What's the
cause of
that?"
I said, "It's because I don't drink enough at nicht." However, Shack
said, "Sandy,
you're
the swiftest drinker I ever seen" I said, "Shack, I run no risks. i once
got my glass
knocked
over." So Shack said, "I see you're sea-faring man." I said, "Yes,I'm a
jelly-fish
catcher."
He said, "How would you like to go to the South Pole?" I said, "All right,
Shack."
So
Shack said, "Be at the ship to-morrow at 10:30." So I was there at 10:30.
So Shack said,
"Well,
what would you like to do during the voyage?" I said, "Steer the wheel."
So when we
got
out into the open, I said, " What road are you going to take, Shack!" He
said, "Bear to
the
left, take the first turning to the right." So after being at the wheel
for six weeks, one
morning
I heard a voice shouting "Reverse!" So I reversed, and the
twist I gave the wheel
done
it no good. She turned around three times, then skidded. Then Shack came
running up
on
deck, and said, "You blethering fool! did you not see the iceberg?" I said,
"No! I thought
it
was a London fog." However, we prepared to search for the pole. So
after we provisioned,
Shack
had two bottles o' stout, and I had three bottles o' Dewar's and a biscuit,
we went in
search
of the pole. So we couldn't find it nowhere; so we started hunting. I killed
three bears,
two
walrus, shack killed one seal and three wee whales , and then we made tracks
for the ship.
So
on the road, Shack said, "I smell something." I said, "It's a taxi."
He said, "No, I don't
think
it is; anyway," he said, "I see a light." I said, "That's right,
Shack; it's tje tail lamp, you
see."
But we didn't meet up on it. so when we got on board , Shack said, "What
do you think we
should
do, sandy?" I said, Let us go home and say we have found the Pole,
and if they don't
believe
us, well, we can refuse to discuss the matter- unless the Zoological Society
compels us;
and
if we are ordered to go before the board, we can go singing...
Chorus
Out
on the bounding ocean, over the bounding sea,
Bounding
over the bounding wave, that's the place for me.
I'm
a bounding bounder when I'm bounding over the sea,
Up
the north o' the Firth o' Forth I bound on the bounding sea.