Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey

Song ratings

Rating	Comments	Author	Date
	And another great song coming in. A song full of different parts and rhythms, but still it does feel as ONE song. The song starts immediately with Paul's wonderful sung 'We're so sorry'. I have always loved his voice in the particular line. I love almost everything about this song anyway. Denny's great drumming again. I have never realized that he appears to be a very effective drummer before, never doing too much and he dares to do nothing at all when it's not necessary. A bit like Ringo. The shower at 0.27 is simply great, although it's just a shower of course. But it's there at the right time and the right place. The New York Philharmonic did a great job as well (from 0.43). Is Paul singing both voices in the second verse? I guess he does. In the first few lines he's quite low, reaching the tops of his register just a few seconds later 'be sure to give a ring'. The prrr prrr is something I always sing along. It takes a while before the phone is finally answered tho. Great harmonies while Paul with a telephone voice sings the third verse. I like his pronounciation of 'but we haven't done a bloody thing all day'. The harp leading us into yet another little part is simply wonderful. The 'Admiral Halsey'-part (2.15 onwards) is led in by a great littly trumpet solo, joined by whistling. 'Hands across the water' is great to sing along as well of course. I'm not too fond of Paul's Oxford English in the verse here, but hey, that's a detail. Live a little be a gypsy get around is another part of this song, which seems to consist of four or five different pieces. This part is my least favourite tho. Seems to be sung against the beat in the second part. I'm always happy when the trumpet comes in again to give us the 'hands across the water' towards the end. The crossfade into Smile Away is a bit out of place.	Bobber	April 11, 2012
	One of the great memories of my childhood is having this single, and enjoying a song which makes for a fun family singalong. In spite of the fact that the words are disjointed and nonsensical, they are very easy to memorize, a feature of classic folk songs and nursery rhymes.	Bruce Beatlefan	October 15, 2011
		Dmitry	September 13, 2004

Lyrics

We're so sorry uncle Albert
We're so sorry if we caused you any pain
We're so sorry uncle Albert
But there's no one left at home
And I believe I'm gonna rain

We're so sorry but we haven't heard a thing all day
We're so sorry uncle Albert
But if anything should happen we'll be sure to give a ring

We're so sorry uncle Albert
But we haven't done a bloody thing all day
We're so sorry uncle Albert
But the kettle's on the boil and we're so easily called away

Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Admiral Halsey notified me
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie

(the butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie)
Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Live a little be a gypsy, get around(get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around
Live a little be a gypsy, get around(get around)
Get your feet up off the ground
Live a little, get around

Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Hand across the water (water)
Heads across the sky
Ooo...

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