Summer Girls
McTell Ralph Lyrics

This summer will be different I will move across the town
I am excited about the new adventure of experiencing the summer in a different part of the town.

Promenade above the beach until my face turns brown
I plan to take leisurely strolls along the beach, basking in the sun until I get a tan on my face.

With my hands in my pockets and a casual stroll from the town beach to the dock
I will walk down to the dock from the town beach at an easy pace with my hands in my pockets.

The girls they walk in two's and three's, their pretty cotton frocks teased by the breeze.
Girls can be seen walking in groups of two or three, dressed in pretty cotton frocks that sway gently in the breeze.

And I will find a long-limbed summer girl for me.
I hope to find a beautiful and slender girl to spend the summer with.

I will assume the accent of some Yankee sailor boy
I will adopt the accent of a Yankee sailor who is taking a break from work.

Stranded between merchant ships with some time to enjoy.
I have some free time to spend between my work on merchant ships, and I plan to enjoy it to the fullest.

A week or two down by the bay with tupp'ney ice-cream cones
I intend to spend one or two weeks at the bay, indulging in the pleasure of having tupp'ney ice-cream cones.

And petticoats and sandy kisses, breasts smooth as stones washed by the sea
I hope to explore the pleasures of the summer, like the feeling of kissing a girl with her petticoat swirling in the wind and her breasts feeling as smooth as sea stones.

And I will find a long-limbed summer girl for me.
I hope to find a beautiful and slender girl to spend the summer with.

And her name will be Pam or Ruth, so I'll be Chuck or Wayne,
As part of our little game, I will give myself a new identity as Chuck or Wayne, while she could be Pam or Ruth.

And we will know and love each other, then I will explain
Once we get to know each other well and fall in love, I will tell her about myself.

Why I haven't found a ship and that I live in town
I will reveal that I haven't found work on a ship yet, and that I am just living in town for now.

Before we share that cigarette, in waves of love, we'll drown down by the sea,
Before sharing a cigarette, we will be engulfed in love under the rhythm of the waves and by the sea.

My long-limbed salt-teared summer girl and me.
Together we'll enjoy the pleasures of a summer romance and salty tears when we have to part ways.

She won't cry for my leaving, she will cry because I stay
She won't cry about me leaving but rather, she will shed tears over the fact that we can't continue our romance once the summer ends.

She will cry for my deceiving that we can meet every day.
She will cry because I misled her into thinking that we could continue to meet once the summer ended.

This love affair it grew so strong because we'd have to part,
Our love has grown strong because we know that it is temporary and will come to an end once the summer is over.

And now we will do anyway and she will take my heart and I'll be free
As we part ways, I know she will take my heart with her, but I also know that I will be free to find another summer girl to love next year.

To find another summer girl who'll give it back to me.
I am looking forward to finding another beautiful and slender girl next summer who will give me her heart in return.