The glass bottom
boat
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1. All aboard, all aboard, on the glass bottom boat,
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it's
the greatest show that was ever afloat !
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Take a ride on the tide with
the guide and see.
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the
way out wonders of the deep blue sea
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The deep blue sea, the deep
blue sea,
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there's
a lot to see, in the deep blue sea.
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The sailfish sail and the
blowfish blow,
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cockles
& mussels alive-alive-o.
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2. The hermit crab, he lives alone
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you
can't even get him on the telephone
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The halibut's eyes turn up and
in,
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he
don't know where he's going, but he knows where he's been.
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The deep blue sea, the deep
blue sea,
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there's
a lot to see in the deep blue sea
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The glass bottom boat, you
will agree,
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can
show you the magic of the deep blue sea.
(orig. moves up half a note
to capo 3rd here)
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3. Spiney crabs and white fish, too,
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will
all be there, what a hullabaloo !
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With so many fish upon the sea,
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there's
hardly room for a fat sardine.
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The deep blue sea, the deep
blue sea,
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there's
a lot goin' on in the deep blue sea.
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Oh, life on the glass bottom
boat is great,
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I'm the captain, you could use
a mate.
(orig. moves up half a note
to capo 4th here)
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4. The turtle is slow, but not so dumb,
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he
has his own condominium.
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A bluebird oyster was caught
with a "foyle",
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he
"swoyre" he didn't even know the "goyle".
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The deep blue sea, the deep
blue sea,
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there's
a lot to see in the deep blue sea.
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The glass bottom boat, you
will agree,
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A
can
show you the magic of the deep blue sea.
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5. The flyin' fish was an awful ham,
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made
a three-point landing in a fryin' pan.
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The porpoise has the most hutzpah,
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but the whales are ones with
the built-in showers.
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Starfish, starfish, two-pence
all,
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abelone in the casserole.
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Winding, binding, joining up,
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is
growing, growing, growing up ....
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Doris Day)