you ve seen him up and down the avenue and now he s wearin the navy blue she had a tear in the corner of her eye as he said his last goodbye shoo shoo shoo baby shoo shoo shoo baby bye bye bye baby do dah do day your papa s off to the seven seas don t cry baby don t sigh baby bye bye bye baby do dah do day 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 bye bye baby don t cry baby shoo shoo shoo baby do dah do day your papa s off to the seven seas do dah do day do dah do day quiet i want a little bit o quiet in the house please so your papa s on his way to cross the seven seas so don t you cry oh don t you sigh goodbye now shoo shoo baby shoo shoo shoo my baby shoo goodbye baby don t you cry no more your big tall papa s off to the seven seas 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 shh baby shh baby shoo shoo shoo baby goodbye goodbye your papa s off to the seven seas the seven seas your big tall papa s off to the seven seas