I have never been aboard a steamer I am just content to be a dreamer Even if I could afford a steamer I will take the ferry boat every time I love to ride the ferry Where music is so merry There's a man who plays the concertina On the moonlit upper deck arena While boys and girls are dancing While sweethearts are romancing Life is like a mardi-gras Funiculi, funicula Happy, we cling together Happy, we sing together Happy, with the ferry boat serenade I am happy, very, very happy When we're on the ferry The music is so merry There's a man who plays the concertina On the moonlit upper deck arena, arena I love to ride the ferry Where music is so merry There's a man who always plays the concertina, oh my On the moonlit upper deck arena, by and by While the boys and girls are dancing, oh dancing While, while the sweethearts are romancing Life is like a mardi-gras Funiculi, funicula Happy, we cling together Happy, we sing together Happy with the ferry boat serenade ------ instrumental break ------ I love to ride the ferry