No use t'sittin' and a'singin' the blues
 So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 Feel like jumpin' baby won't ya join me please
 I don't like beggin' but I'm on bended knee

 I got to get t'rockin get my hat off the rack
 I got to boogie woogie like a knife in the back
 So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 I got to get t'movin' baby I ain't lyin'
 My heart is beatin' rhythm and it's right on time
 So be my guest, you got nothin' to lose
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 Feel like jumpin' baby won't ya join me please
 I don't like beggin' but I'm on bended knee

 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Oo-ee, oo-ee baby
 Won't ya let me take you on a sea cruise?

 *** The original version was sung by songwriter Huey "Piano" Smith, but Ace Records
 removed his vocal from the tape and re-dubbed it with that of white singer Frankie
 Ford in order to make the song more commercial; Frankie also re-wrote some of the
 lyrics to get a co-songwriting credit