I moved to the UK and to beside the silvery sea in the last year. So I found myself singing this in my head a lot, so I found the chords and the verses too, since most of us only know the chorus. It was a big hit in about 1909: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFniXdqsQQ
D Dm6 (2222)
Everyone delights to spend their summer's holiday
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Down beside the side of the silvery sea
D
I'm no exception to the rule
Dm6
In fact, if I'd me way
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I'd reside by the side of the silvery sea.
A A7
But when you're just the common or garden
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Smith or Jones or Brown
A7
At bus'ness up in town
D
You've got to settle down.
A
You save your money all the year till
D Dm6
summer comes around
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Then away you go
A7
To a spot you know
E7 A7
Where the cockle shells are found.
[CHORUS]
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Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside
Dm6 G B7
I do like to be beside the sea!
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I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!
E7
Where the brass bands play:
A7
"Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"
D A
So just let me be beside the seaside
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I'll be beside myself with glee
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And there's lots of girls besides,
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I should like to be beside
E7 A7
Beside the seaside!
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Beside the sea! A7 D 2110
D Dm6 (2222)
Timothy went to Blackpool for the day last Eastertide
A7 D
To see what he could see by the side of the sea
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Soon he reached the station there, the first thing he espied
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Was the Wine Lodge door, stood open invitingly
A A7
To quench his thirst, he toddled inside,
D
and called out for a ‘wine'
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Which grew to eight or nine
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Till his nose began to shine
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Said he “What people see in the sea
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I'm sure I fail to see”
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So he caught the train
A7
back home again
E7 A7
Then to his wife said he.
[CHORUS]
D
William Sykes the burglar,
Dm6
He'd been out to work one night
A7 D
Filled his bag with jewels, cash, and plate.
D Dm6 (2222)
Constable Brown felt quite surprised when William hove in sight
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Said he: "The hours you're keeping are far too late."
A A7
So he grabbed him by the collar and lodged him
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safe and sound in jail
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Next morning looking pale
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Bill told a tearful tale.
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The judge said, "For a couple of months
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I'm sending you away!"
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Said Bill: "How kind!
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Well! If you don't mind
E7 A7
Where I spend my holiday!"
[CHORUS]
