"Six Silly Seagulls (The Seagull Shanty)" lyrics
Sam Tsui & Casey Breves Lyrics
(from "Why Do We Sing?" soundtrack)
Six silly seagulls sat on a rock
All together, what a feathery flock!
One took a dive off a weathered dock
To go for a swim but he had a shock
When a fish bit his beak and a made him squawk! (Squawk!)
Hey hey, he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk!
Five!
Five silly seagulls sat by the sea
A happy little seagull family
One saw a kid looking so carefree
Riding the waves on his water skis!
So she took off to meet him and she cried out "weeeee!" (Weee!)
Hey hey, she flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk!
Four!
Four silly seagulls sat on the prow
Of a fisherman's ship that was sailing south
One got his tail feathers stuck somehow
On the anchor hanging off of the bow
It pinched his butt and he cried out "ow!" (Ow!)
Hey hey he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk!
Three!
Three silly seagulls sat on a dam
"Hey, who's gonna find us lunch?"
"I am!" said one who found a slice of ham
And an old donut and a jar of jam
But he ate too much and the others said "scram!" (Scram!)
Hey hey, he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk!
Two!
Two silly seagulls huddled close by
As the rain poured down from a stormy sky
One had a wish to leave and find
A tropical island sunny and dry
So she turned to her friend and she said "bye bye!" (Bye bye!)
Hey hey she flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk!
One!
One silly seagull sat on a stone
Singing his shanty all alone
Wondering where all his friends had flown
Off on the wind to seas unknown
He called to the other ones:
"Please come home!"
Hey hey, and then one day
He looked to the sky and on their way
Were all his friends flying home and they
Were all singing the seagull shanty
Hey hey, without delay
They all sat down and began to play
The drum and the fiddle and they said "let's stay!"
And keep on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk!
All together, what a feathery flock!
One took a dive off a weathered dock
To go for a swim but he had a shock
When a fish bit his beak and a made him squawk! (Squawk!)
Hey hey, he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk!
Five!
Five silly seagulls sat by the sea
A happy little seagull family
One saw a kid looking so carefree
Riding the waves on his water skis!
So she took off to meet him and she cried out "weeeee!" (Weee!)
Hey hey, she flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk!
Four!
Four silly seagulls sat on the prow
Of a fisherman's ship that was sailing south
One got his tail feathers stuck somehow
On the anchor hanging off of the bow
It pinched his butt and he cried out "ow!" (Ow!)
Hey hey he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk!
Three!
Three silly seagulls sat on a dam
"Hey, who's gonna find us lunch?"
"I am!" said one who found a slice of ham
And an old donut and a jar of jam
But he ate too much and the others said "scram!" (Scram!)
Hey hey, he flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey, the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk!
Two!
Two silly seagulls huddled close by
As the rain poured down from a stormy sky
One had a wish to leave and find
A tropical island sunny and dry
So she turned to her friend and she said "bye bye!" (Bye bye!)
Hey hey she flew away
Into the wind and the ocean spray
Hey hey the other ones stayed
And kept on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk!
One!
One silly seagull sat on a stone
Singing his shanty all alone
Wondering where all his friends had flown
Off on the wind to seas unknown
He called to the other ones:
"Please come home!"
Hey hey, and then one day
He looked to the sky and on their way
Were all his friends flying home and they
Were all singing the seagull shanty
Hey hey, without delay
They all sat down and began to play
The drum and the fiddle and they said "let's stay!"
And keep on singing the seagull shanty:
Squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk squawk!
