The Sailor's Hornpipe / The Caucus Race

Oh, a sailor's life is The life for me How I love to sail o'er The bounding sea And I never, never, Ever do a thing about the weather For the weather never Ever does a thing for me! Oh, a sailor's life is the life for me Tiddle-ee-um pom pom Deedle dum dum dee... All: Forward, backward, inward, outward Come and join the chase! Nothing could be drier Than a jolly caucus-race. Backward, forward, outward, inward Bottom to the top, Never a beginning There can never be a stop Dodo: To skipping, hopping, tripping, clopping Fancy free and gay, I started it tomorrow, But I'll finish yesterday. All: Round and round and round we go And dance forevermore, Once we were behind But now we find we are be- Dodo: Forward, backward, inward, outward, Come and join the chase! All: Nothing could be drier than a jolly caucus-race.