Oceana Roll-Jane Powell/Jack Buchanan/Nanetta Fabray/Nanette Fabray

[ti:Oceana Roll] [ar:Jane Powell] [al:It Only Happens When I Dance with You Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Oceana Roll - Jane Powell/Jack Buchanan/Nanetta Fabray/Nanette Fabray [00:12.07]Billy McCoy was a musical boy [00:14.24] [00:14.89]On the cruiser Alabama he was there on that "piana" [00:17.54]Like a fish down in the sea [00:19.58] [00:20.70]Oh When he rattled of some harmony [00:22.15] [00:23.71]Every night out on the ocean he would get that raggy notion [00:26.72]Start that syncopated motion lovingly [00:29.22] [00:30.40]No one could sleep way out there on the deep [00:32.57] [00:33.08]When Billy cut loose out at sea [00:34.98] [00:36.09]Each fish and worm begins to twist and squirm [00:39.25]The ship starts in to dip and does a corkscrew turn; [00:41.38] [00:41.90]Just see that smoke so black sneak from that old smoke stack [00:45.07]It's floatin' right to heaven and it won't come back; [00:48.10]Now here and there you'll see a stool and chair [00:50.60] [00:51.29]A slippin' 'round the cabin shoutin' "I don't care " [00:53.36] [00:53.88]And then the hammock starts a swingin' and the bell begins a ringin' [00:56.75]While he's sittin' at that "piano" there on the Alabama [01:00.09]Playin' the Oceana Roll [01:01.94] [01:03.17]Each fish and worm begins to twist and squirm [01:05.44] [01:06.31]The ship starts in to dip and does a corkscrew turn; [01:09.04]Just see that smoke so black sneak from that old smoke stack [01:12.23]It's floatin' right to heaven and it won't come back; [01:14.74] [01:15.29]Now here and there you'll see a stool and chair [01:17.71] [01:18.45]A slippin' 'round the cabin shoutin' "I don't care " [01:21.39]And then the hammock starts a swingin' and the bell begins a ringin' [01:24.06]While he's sittin' at that "piano" there on the Alabama [01:27.27]Playin' the Oceana Roll [01:29.63] [01:31.06]Every time he sits down at the piano stool [01:32.91] [01:34.05]People start a shoutin' “You're a playin' fool ” [01:37.27]But he is the master of the razzmatazz [01:38.90] [01:40.50]He's known to everyone as mister Jazz [01:42.20] [01:43.33]When he gets a going with a real hot phrase [01:45.47] [01:46.52]Even baby Josie gives a shim and shake [01:48.72]Oh Papa do declare when he's a there [01:52.27]"Oh what a lot of music he can make " [01:54.08] [01:55.06]Oh listen hear and lend an ear [01:57.02] [01:57.56]Oh listen hear and lend an ear and lend an ear [02:00.01] [02:01.67]Doo doot doo doo doodn doodeadoo [02:03.11] [02:04.55]Slippin' 'round the cabin shoutin' "I don't care " [02:06.67] [02:07.24]And then the hammock starts a swingin' and the bell begins a ringin' [02:10.16]While he's sittin' at that "piano" [02:11.79] [02:13.86]There on the Alabama [02:14.56] [02:16.89]The Oceana Roll