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Happy sunlight on the sea, Sparkling diamonds, all for me; Wavelets chasing for the land, There to kiss the golden sand.

See! a floating, straying shell, Run! it has a tale to tell; Children, with their eager eyes, Splash the water, seize the prize.

Hold it to the little ear, List and tell me what you hear.. Music? Yes, for you and me, That's the music of the sea.

Down below the water blue, There it lived and there it grew, Gazing through its watery dome, Happy in its ocean home.

List'ning there both night and day, Hearing what the wild waves say, Watching sea-weed float along, There it learned the ocean's song.