The Stormy Sea Of Love 1916

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25 Oct 2009
2009

There's a bathing beach
that's open all year round,
where the very best
of swimmers may be found,
where life savers most are needed
where no cry for help is heeded,
Ev'rybody hollers: "Let 'em drown!"
It's a case of sink or swim,
hearts are sinking deep within,
and all the waves are roaring:
"Going down!"

Oh! Your chances are slim,
when you go for a swim
in the stormy sea of love,
there's a strong undertow
and the first thing you know,
"Down goes McGinty
to the bottom of the sea,"
So you'd better beware
of the heartbreakers there,
always keep your head above.
For "Many brave hearts
lie asleep in the deep,"
in the stormy sea of Love.

Oh! Your chances are slim,
when you go for a swim
in the stormy sea of love,
there's a strong undertow
and the first thing you know,
"Down goes McGinty
to the bottom of the sea,"
So you'd better beware
of the heartbreakers there,
always keep your head above.
For "Many brave hearts
lie asleep in the deep,"
in the stormy sea of Love.

Lots of credit's due
to anyone who braves
swimming 'gainst those
matrimonial tidal waves,
there are widows, maids and matrons,
numbered 'mong the season's patrons
anything the pleasure seeker craves,
It's a case of sink or swim,
once that you have ventured in,
for that's where single men
get closest shaves:

Oh! Your chances are slim,
when you go for a swim
in the stormy sea of love,
there's a strong undertow
and the first thing you know,
"Down goes McGinty
to the bottom of the sea,"
So you'd better beware
of the heartbreakers there,
always keep your head above.
For "Many brave hearts
lie asleep in the deep,"
in the stormy sea of Love.

Oh! Your chances are slim,
when you go for a swim
in the stormy sea of love,
there's a strong undertow
and the first thing you know,
"Down goes McGinty
to the bottom of the sea,"
So you'd better beware
of the heartbreakers there,
always keep your head above.
For "Many brave hearts
lie asleep in the deep,"
in the stormy sea of Love.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Stormy Sea Of Love 1916
Music by Harry Carroll
Lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
© MCMXVI by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 25 October 2009 at 10.30
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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