I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside

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"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside"
Song by Mark Sheridan
Published	1907
Recorded	original 1909
Genre	Music hall
Songwriter(s)	John H. Glover-Kind

"I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside" is a popular British music hall song. It was written in 1907 by John H. Glover-Kind^[1] (1880 – 1918)^[2] and made famous by music hall singer Mark Sheridan, who first recorded it in 1909.^[3] It speaks of the singer's love for the seaside and his wish to return there for his summer holidays each year. It was composed at a time when the yearly visits of the British working class to the seaside were booming. It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No. 32459.^{[citation needed]}

It was used as a signature tune for a long time by Reginald Dixon MBE, who was the resident organist at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool between 1930 and 1970.^{[citation needed]}