We joined the Navy to see the world And what we see? We saw the sea We saw the Pacific and Atlantic But the Atlantic is not romantic And the Pacific is not what it's cracked up to be We joined the Navy to do or die But we do not and did not die We were too busy watching the sea and sky And what we see? We saw the sea We saw the Atlantic and Pacific But the Pacific is not terrific And the Atlantic is not what it's cracked up to be They tell us that Admiral It's as good as it can be But we never see the Admiral Because the Admiral has never been to sea We joined the Navy to see the girls And what we see? We saw the sea Instead of a girl or two in a taxi We were forced to look for the Black Sea Seeing the Black Sea is not what it's cracked up to be Sailing, sailing home again To see the girls on the village green So, all foam again To see the other seas we have not seen We owe the Navy an awful lot For they taught us how to do the Sailor's Hornpipe And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot But more than that, they showed us the sea We never get seasick sailing the ocean We are not opposed to feel movement We're never seasick but we are very sea sick