The Beatles - Yellow Submarine (Learn English with Songs)

Lyrics

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines

So we sailed up to the sun
'Til we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

Full speed ahead, Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead!
Full speed it is, Sergeant!
Cut the cable, drop the cable!
Aye-aye, sir, aye-aye!
Captain, Captain!

As we live a life of ease (a life of ease)
Everyone of us (everyone of us) has all we need (has all we need)
Sky of blue (sky of blue) and sea of green (sea of green)
In our yellow (in our yellow) submarine (submarine, ah-ha)

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

Difficult Phrases and Words

1. sailed

   1. Context: In the town where I was born / Lived a man who sailed to sea

   2. Definition: to travel on water in a ship

   3. Additional sentence: Magellan sailed around the world.

2. submarine

   1. Context: We all live in a yellow submarine

   2. Definition: an underwater boat

   3. Additional sentence: Submarines are used for ocean exploration and for warfare.

3. aboard

   1. Context: And our friends are all aboard

   2. Definition: on the ship

   3. Additional sentence: All of the passengers are aboard the ship, so we can now go.

Discussion Questions

1. What do you think this song is about?

2. Can you relate to anything in this song? Have you ever sailed on a boat or been on a ship?

3. If you had a submarine for the evening, what would you do?

4. If you had a submarine for the evening, who would you invite aboard your submarine?