FLORIDA BY THE SEA
From the Broadway Show "The Cocoanuts" (1925)
(Irving Berlin)


Zeppo Marx (Broadway Production) - 1925



Down in the land of the cocoanuts 
Before the welcome season shuts 
A million 'million-dollar nuts' will be found 
Down in the land where the trees are tall 
We're asking you to pay a call 
And live where it is summer all the year round

Buy a lot 
Any piece that we've got 
Will increase ev'ry season 
Ask us why 
Ev'ry one wants to lie 
In the sun, there's a reason

One little ride in a Pullman car 
A night and day and there you are 
Come on, it's time you should be Florida bound

In the lovely land of Florida 
Sunny Florida by the sea 
All the sunshine in America 
Is in Florida, you'll agree 
When they're freezing up north 
Sneezing up north 
Always it's July the Fourth 
In the lovely land of Florida 
Sunny Florida, by the sea














(Contributed by Mel - November 2009)