Song Memory - Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey

Back in High School, once I left the realm of being a top 40 listener, I started filling out my music collection.  My mom had the Beatles '1962-1966' on vinyl, which I kindly adopted and have held for the next approximately 20 years.  I added '1967-1970'  on compact disc, and I was as relatively complete as I could afford.  I wasn't as much of an archivist at the time to realize I needed full albums to get such gems as 'I've Got A Feeling', 'I've Just Seen A Face', or 'Glass Onion'.

When I was old enough to hit the bars, I loved finding great songs in the jukebox.  Gooski's in Polish Hill, had my favorite collection with Ween's The Mollusk and Chemical Brother's Dig Your Own Hole amongst their discs.  We normally found ourselves at a few bars in Pittsburgh's South Side, where Kopy's, and Smokin' Joe's each had respectable collections as well.

It was often in a semi lucid state at these locations, scouring through the jukeboxes,  that I would reminisce of a Beatles song with the following lyrics:

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

No where that I looked could I find a song called 'Hands Across the Water".  No one had a clue what I was talking about.  And when I would try to sing the gypsy part, I would only elicit giggles.  

The duh moment, came several years later, when I picked up a Paul McCartney best of and was listening to 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey'.  Like 'Band on the Run', the song is somewhat of a combination, in this case my memory only held the second half of the song.  But I had finally found it, and no longer had to annoy folks with my squealing of "Hands Across the Water".

Enjoy!