[Verse 1]

They do it down on Camber Sands

They do it at Waikiki

Lazing about the beach all day

At night the crickets creepy

Squinting faces at the sky

A Harold Robbins paperback

Surfers drop their boards and dry

And everybody wants a hat

[Chorus]

But behind the chalet

My holiday's complete

And I feel like William Tell

Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet

Pulling mussels from a shell

Pulling mussels from a shell

[Verse 2]

Shrinking in the sea so cold

Topless ladies look away

A he-man in a sudden shower

Shelters from the rain

You wish you had a motor boat

To pose around the harbour bar

And when the sun goes off to bed

You hook it up behind the car

[Chorus]

But behind the chalet

My holiday's complete

And I feel like William Tell

Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet

Pulling mussels from a shell

Pulling mussels from a shell

[Verse 3]

Two fat ladies window shop

Something for the mantelpiece

In for bingo all the nines

A panda for sweet little niece

Coach drivers stand about

Looking at a local map

About the boy, he's gone away

Down to next door's caravan

[Chorus]

But behind the chalet

My holiday's complete

And I feel like William Tell

Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet

Pulling mussels from a shell

Pulling mussels from a shell

But behind the chalet

My holiday's complete

And I feel like William Tell

Maid Marian on her tiptoed feet

Pulling mussels from a shell

Pulling mussels from a shell