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We joined the Navy to see the world |
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And what did we see? |
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We saw the sea |
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We saw the Pacific and the Atlantic |
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But the Atlantic isn't romantic |
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And the Pacific isn't what it's cracked up to be |
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We joined the Navy to do or die |
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But we didn't do and we didn't die |
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We were much too busy looking at the ocean and the sky |
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Berlin Irving |
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And what did we see? |
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We saw the sea |
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We saw the Atlantic and the Pacific |
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But the Pacific isn't terrific |
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And the Atlantic isn't what it's cracked up to be |
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They tell us that the Admiral |
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Is as nice as he can be |
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But we never see the Admiral |
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Because the Admiral has never been to sea |
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We joined the Navy to see the girls |
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And what did we see? |
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Instead of a girl or two in a taxi |
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We were compelled to look at the Black Sea |
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Seeing the Black Sea isn't what it's cracked up to be |
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Sailing, sailing home again |
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To see the girls upon the village green |
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Then across the foam again |
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To see the other seas we haven't seen |
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We owe the Navy an awful lot |
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For they taught us how to do the Sailor's Hornpipe |
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And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot |
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But more than that, they showed us the sea |
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We never get seasick sailing the ocean |
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We don't object to feeling the motion |
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We're never seasick but we are awful sick of sea |
