Dollymount Strand

Lyrics

[Verse 1] On Dollymount Strand on a cold winter's night I put on the hand brake and switched out the light I looked at me bird and says I, "Are you right?" Meself and the architect's daughter [Chorus] But the sea, oh the sea, it crept up on me And the water was rising up quite rapidly Says I to the mot, "Get your hand off me knee Can't you see we're surrounded by water?" [Verse 2] I turned on the ignition and put it in gear Could I get it moving, lads? Oh, not a fear Not if I was there for the next bloody year There was sand in the old carburetor [Chorus] The sea, oh the sea, it crept up on me And the water was rising up quite rapidly Says I to the mot, "Get your hand off me knee Can't you see we're surrounded by water?" [Verse 3] With water the car was soon filled to the brim I said to the mot, "Dear, the chances are slim So love, get them off you, we'll both have to swim." So I let down the window and scarpered [Chorus] The sea, oh the sea, it crept up on me And the water was rising up quite rapidly Says I to the mot, "Get your hand off me knee Can't you see we're surrounded by water?" [Verse 4] So if ever you down to Dollymount Strand Make sure that the tide's out and everything's grand For a bird in the bush is worth two in the sand Regardless of what you are after [Chorus] The sea, oh the sea, it crept up on me And the water was rising up quite rapidly Says I to the mot, "Get your hand off me knee Can't you see we're surrounded by water?"