The Oceana Roll - Teresa Brewer

On the Cruiser Alabama he was there at the piana

Like a fish down in the sea, he would rattle off some harmony

Every night out on the ocean he would get that raggy motion

Start that syncopated motion lovingly

No one could sleep way out there on the deep

When Billy cut loose out at sea

Each fish and worm… begins to twist & turn

The ship goes in a dip and does a corkscrew turn

You see that smoke so black sneak from that old smokestack

It’s floatin' right up to heaven and it won’t come back

Now here and there you’ll see a stool and a chair

A-slippin' 'round the cabin sayin' I don’t care

Then the hammock starts a-swingin' & the bell begins a-ringin'

While he’s sittin' at that piana… there on the Alabama

Playin' the Oceana Roll

England and Spain, it was always the same

He’d be there at the piana on the Cruiser Alabama

Every mornin' noon & nite, he would keep it up with all his might

Every time he started playin', all the boys would start a-swayin'

Everyone would keep on sayin' Don’t You Stop

Sailors take care, oh sailors beware

For bill will play on 'til you drop

Each fish and worm… begins to twist & turn

The ship goes in a dip and does a corkscrew turn

You see that smoke so black sneak from that old smokestack

It’s floatin' right up to heaven and it won’t come back

Now here and there you’ll see a stool and a chair

A-slippin' 'round the cabin sayin' I don’t care

Then the hammock starts a-swingin' & the bell begins a-ringin'

While he’s sittin' at that piana… there on the Alabama

Playin' the Oceana Roll