We Saw The Sea 1936 Irving Berlin

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 26 Aug 2011
2011

We joined the Navy
to see the world
And what did we see?
We saw the sea
We saw the Pacific
and the Atlantic
But the Atlantic isn't romantic
And the Pacific
isn't what it's cracked up to be

We joined the Navy
to do or die
But we didn't do
and we didn't die
We were much too busy looking
at the ocean and the sky
And what did we see?
We saw the sea
We saw the Atlantic
and the Pacific
But the Pacific isn't terrific
And the Atlantic isn't
what it's cracked up to be

They tell us that the Admiral
Is as nice as he 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 did we see?
We saw the sea
Instead of a girl or two in a taxi
We were compelled
to look at the Black Sea
Seeing the Black Sea
isn't what it's cracked up to be

Sailing, sailing home again
To see the girls
upon the village green
Then across the foam again
To see the other seas
we haven't 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 don't object
to feeling the motion
We're never seasick
but we are awful sick of seas...

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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We Saw The Sea 1936 Irving Berlin
from the Radio Picture "Follow The Fleet"
by Irving Berlin
© MCMXXXVI by Irving Berlin Inc.   N.Y.C.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 26 August 2011 at 15.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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