I'm going down to the schoolyard To see my children play I'm going down to the schoolyard yeah To see my children play Somebody must have told them That their daddy went away Da da da... He's a man in million Da da da... He sailed away in a big ship With funnels to the sky He sailed away in a big ship yeah With funnels up to the sky To explore the Earth's four corners Out to where the seagulls fly Da da da... He's a man in million Da da da... They say he seeks adventure And derring do or die They say he seeks adventure With a twinkle in his eye From beyond the High Sierras Down into the Lorelei Da da da... He's a man in million Da da da... Will he be home by Christmas With gifts of pirate gold Ingots ducats by the buckets And stories to be told Or will he still be sailing Through the Arctic Ocean's cold