Sea Cruise
Frankie Ford 
Words and Music by ***Huey P. Smith and Frankie Ford***
(peak Billboard position # 14 in 1959)

<sound effects-buoy bell and fog horn>
<instrumental open>

Old man rhythm is in my shoes
No use t’sittin’ and a’singin’ the blues
So be my guest, you got nothin’ to lose
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

Feel like jumpin’ baby won’t ya join me please
I don’t like beggin’ but I’m on bended knee

I got to get t’rockin get my hat off the rack
I got to boogie woogie like a knife in the back
So be my guest, you got nothin’ to lose
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

<instrumental interlude>

I got to get t’movin’ baby I ain’t lyin’
My heart is beatin’ rhythm and it’s right on time
So be my guest, you got nothin’ to lose
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

Feel like jumpin’ baby won’t ya join me please
I don’t like beggin’ but I’m on bended knee

Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
Won’t ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

<instrumental to end>

*** The original version was sung by songwriter Huey "Piano" Smith, but Ace Records 
removed his vocal from the tape and re-dubbed it with that of white singer Frankie 
Ford in order to make the song more commercial; Frankie also re-wrote some of the 
lyrics to get a co-songwriting credit. 

Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz
ronhontz@worldnet.att.net