you ve seen him up and down the avenue and now he s wearing the navy blue she had a tear in the corner of her eye as he said his last goodbye shoo shoo baby shoo shoo baby bye bye bye baby your papa s off to the seven seas don t cry baby don t sigh baby bye bye bye baby when i come back we ll live a life of ease seems kinda tough now to say goodbye this way but papa s gotta be rough now so that he can be sweet to you another day bye baby don t cry baby shoo shoo shoo baby your papa s off to the seven seas bye bye bye baby don t cry my baby shoosh baby cause your papa s off to the seven seas