We Saw the Sea-Peter Dawson

[ti:We Saw the Sea] [ar:Peter Dawson] [al:Give Me the Rolling Sea] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]We Saw the Sea - Peter Dawson [00:15.07]We joined the navy to see the world [00:18.79]And what did we see [00:20.60]We saw the sea [00:21.95] [00:22.51]We saw the pacific and the atlantic [00:24.33]But the atlantic isn't romantic [00:26.38]And the pacific isn't what it's cracked up to be [00:28.99] [00:30.03]We joined the navy to do or die [00:33.87]But we didn't do and we didn't die [00:37.76]We were much too busy looking at the ocean and the sky [00:41.01]And what did we see [00:42.35] [00:42.94]We saw the sea [00:44.12] [00:44.92]We saw the atlantic and the pacific and [00:47.05]But the pacific isn't terrific [00:48.79]And the atlantic isn't what it's cracked up to be [00:52.55]They tell us that the admiral [00:56.48]Is as nice as he can't be [00:59.57] [01:00.10]But we never see the admiral [01:03.88]Because the admiral has never been to sea [01:07.60]We joined the navy to see the girls [01:11.30]But what did we see [01:13.16]We saw the sea [01:15.07]Instead of a girl or two in a taxi [01:17.12]We were compelled to look at the black sea [01:18.96]Seeing the black sea isn't what it's cracked up to be [01:22.45] [01:23.46]Sailing sailing home again [01:26.91]To see the girls upon the village green [01:30.01] [01:30.92]Then across the foam again [01:34.48]To see the other seas we haven't seen [01:37.64] [01:52.55]We owe the navy an awful lot [01:55.99] [01:56.51]For they taught us how to do the sailor's hornpipe [02:00.31]And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot [02:03.36] [02:03.89]But more than that they showed us the sea [02:06.85] [02:07.51]We never get seasick sailing the ocean [02:09.67]We don't object to feeling the motion [02:11.57]We're never seasick but we are awful sick of sea [02:14.93] [02:30.35]We owe the navy an awful lot [02:34.11]For they taught us how to do the sailor's hornpipe [02:37.97]And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot [02:41.56]But more than that they showed us the sea [02:45.33]We never get seasick sailing the ocean [02:47.45]We don't object to feeling the motion [02:49.88]We're never seasick [02:51.25] [02:52.01]But we are awful sick of sea