Swimmin' In The Sea - Gaelic Storm

When I was five

We’d get up at four

And drive on down to the Cornwall shore

Our holidays had come at last

They came real slow and went by fast

Well, just one week, that’s all we had

Then back to work went mom and dad

Happy to be, swimmin' in the sea

The seagulls yell

You’re getting near

We’d waited patiently all year

And we hadn’t slept a wink all night

White faces in the morning light

I see the sea my sister cried

The seaside we’d soon be beside

Happy to be, swimmin' in the sea

Down to the sand

With our bucket and our spade

Behind our yellow wind barricade

We’d bury dad up to his chin

On with our trunks we’d jump right in

'Round our waist a rubber ring

And on each arm a water wing

Happy to be, swimmin' in the sea

It’s so cold

And rainin' too

We’d stay all day

Till our lips turned blue

Only a week

It wasn’t fair

We’re on holiday, holiday, holiday

And we don’t care!

In every pool

Stranded by the tide

Clams and fishes under seaweed hide

We’d catch them all in a fishin' net

As close to heaven as a kid could get

We’d dream of smugglers and pirate ships

Lunch was ice cream and a bag of chips

Happy to be swimmin' in the sea

Now to a kid of five

That rocky shore

Was a magical place full of tales and lore

Now the seagulls call once more to me

Hey come on back to the Cornish Sea

Now by the water by the foam

Just one more week and I’m going home

Happy to be, happy to be, happy to be, swimmin' in the sea

I’m swimmin' in the sea

I’m swimmin' in the sea

I’m swimmin' in the sea