Sailing on the Good Ship Sunshine

Transcript

When you have a feeling that the world's gone wrong for you, luck's not strong for you, don't sit and pine. When you have no one to sing that love's oh sweet song for you, don't think the sun cease to shine. Get aboard the boat they call the sunshine, waiting down at recreation pier.

Mingle with the joy boys, holler ship ahoy boys, drink a cup of love and good cheer. Sailing on the good ship's sunshine, on a lovely sunny summer day. That's a mighty good old fun line, and not a single cent to pay.

Hark and hear the joy bell chiming, everybody happy all the way, while sailing on the good ship's sunshine into good time day. Sailing on the good ship's sunshine, on a lovely sunny summer day. That's a mighty good old fun line, and not a single cent to pay.

Hark and hear the joy bell chiming, everybody happy all the way, while sailing on the good ship's sunshine into good time day. When you hear those merry little cooney-ooney tunes, cooney-ooney tunes, follow the band. When you see them dancing like a wild lot of crazy loons, don't say you don't understand.

Buy a round trip ticket then for joy land, toss your trunk of troubles in the sea. Never hold your breath boys, laugh yourself to death boys, sailing down the river of glee. Sailing on the good ship's sunshine, on a lovely sunny summer day.

That's a mighty good old fun line, and not a single cent to pay. Hark and hear the joy bell chiming, everybody happy all the way, while sailing on the good ship's sunshine into good time day. Sailing on the good ship's sunshine, on a lovely sunny summer day.

That's a mighty good old fun line, and not a single cent to pay. Hark and hear the joy bell chiming, everybody happy all the way, while sailing on the good ship's sunshine into good time day.

Transcribed by AI from the recording above. These are noisy hundred-year-old cylinders, so expect misheard words and the occasional invented line — trust your ears over the text.