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 Now down the course of history

 On this you must agree

 The bravest men will always knows

 Who sailed across the sea

Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

La la la la, La la la la, La la la la la la

 Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

 We love it despite it

 Delighted to fight it

 What other life could there be?

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He's right!

 Ulysses, he was bold and brave

 As brave as he can be

 And this is when the sea was strange

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 As strange as seas can be

Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

La la la la, La la la la, La la la la la la

 Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

 We love it despite it

 Delighted to fight it

 What other life could there be?

 The Romans who were a fighting lot

 Their ships were fast and long

 They won the Mediterranean

 With sailors big and strong

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Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

La la la la, La la la la, La la la la la la

Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

 We love it despite it

 Delighted to fight it

 What other life could there be?

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 What other life could there be?

 The Vikings never gave a thought

 To winters, cold and ice

 And sailed to upper latitudes

 Beneath the Northern Lights

Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

La la la la, La la la la, La la la la la la

Oh, the life of the sea is the life for me

 No lovers of land are we

 We love it despite it

 Delighted to fight it

 What other life could there be?

 For me! Me! Me! Meeeeeeeee!

 What other life could there be?

 I heard a tale of travelers

 Who feared they'd reach the edge

 But long before, a serpent came

 And ate 'em up instead!