[Intro] Heave-ho, pull the blue, The tide has work for me and you! [Verse 1] I left my boots by the harbor wall, With a tin cup swinging from the mast, Mabel waved from the market stall, Said, “Bring home silver, and don’t come last!” The captain’s coat had a biscuit stain, The mate had a map with a coffee ring, We chased a moon through the windowpane, And taught the gulls how a deckhand sings. [Chorus] Under the seas, where the cold fish glide, We roll our luck on the turning tide, Yo-de-lay-ee, let the salt wind blow, Under the seas is the only home we know! [Verse 2] A barrel of apples, a sack of rye, Three rusty spoons and a cracked brass bell, We traded jokes with a passing skiff, Then raced a storm that was raising hell. The thunder stomped on the tarred-up deck, The cook yelled, “Save me a warmer chair!” I tied my heart to the quarterdeck, And sang so loud that I scared the air. [Chorus] Under the seas, where the cold fish glide, We roll our luck on the turning tide, Yo-de-lay-ee, let the salt wind blow, Under the seas is the only home we know! [Bridge] If the rope goes loose, then we knot it tight, If the lantern fades, we remember the light, If the deep runs dark and the compass disagrees, We find one another under the seas. [Instrumental] Yodel break with fiddle and banjo [Final Chorus] Under the seas, where the cold fish glide, We roll our luck on the turning tide, Yo-de-lay-ee, let the salt wind blow, Under the seas is the only home we know! Heave-ho, brothers, let the whole deck ring, Under the seas, we are laughing kings! Yo-de-lay-ee, till the morning shows, Under the seas is the only home we know! [Outro] Heave-ho, pull the blue, The tide keeps singing me and you. Yo-de-lay-ee—away we go, Under the seas, where the wild winds blow!
