The Sea Shell Telephone 1911 'The Wedding Trip'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 06 Apr 2006
2006

A little fisher maiden
loved a gallant sailor lad;
but he sailed, and he sailed, far away;
the little maid was lonely,
very sorry, very sad;
so she gazed out to sea,
half the day.
She wondered if he thought of her,
out there in the West;
as the days went by,
she wondered more and more,
and still she heard no loving word,
from him she loved the best;
till she found a sea shell upon the shore.

Hello! Hello! Is that you dear?
Is that your tender voice I hear?
Sea Shell a message give to me.
Sea Shell you come from over sea;
Tell me you have seen my lover?
What of him did you discover?
Tell me, I'm listening to you;
Tell me, can I believe him true?
We two are all alone,
his secrets to me own,
tell me, tell me,
all he would say to me,
my sea shell telephone.

The sailor had, as sailors do,
a wife in ev'ry port;
and in some ports he had one or two;
it really didn't matter,
for the maiden never knew;
she believed him
and thought he was true.
She never had a letter,
as the days went by;
and she waited, waited ever all alone.
The only comfort she could gain,
was listening to the voice;
that would call from her sea shell telephone.

Hello! Hello! Is that you dear?
Is that your tender voice I hear?
Sea Shell a message give to me.
Sea Shell you come from over sea;
Tell me you have seen my lover?
What of him did you discover?
Tell me, I'm listening to you;
Tell me, can I believe him true?
We two are all alone,
his secrets to me own,
tell me, tell me,
all he would say to me,
my sea shell telephone.

All he would say to me,
I pray you tell to me,
My sea shell telephone.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Sea Shell Telephone 1911
from "The Wedding Trip"
Music by Reginald de Koven
Lyrics by Harry B. Smith
© MCMXI by Jerome H. Remick & Co.
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 06 April 2006 at 20.03
in association with Doug Grierson
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