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 all the 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, and we cling together Happy, and we sing together Happy, with the ferry boat serenade 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, and we cling together Happy, and we sing together Happy with the ferry boat serenade