[Verse 1]
The enlisted men ride in a motor launch
The Captain he rides in a barge
He don't go a damned sight faster
But it gives the old bugger a charge

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 2]
The enlisted men ride in a motorboat
The Admiral rides in a gig
He don't go a damned sight faster
But it makes the old bugger feel big

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 3]
The enlisted men eat in the wardroom
But the Captain won't eat with the mob
It ain't that he eats any better
He don't want us to know he's a slob
[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 4]
The enlisted men sleep in their hammocks
The Captain he sleeps in a bed
It ain't that he sleeps any better
But he's twenty feet nearer the head

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 5]
Now, the sexual life of the camel
Is not quite what everyone thinks
One night in an excess of passion
He tried to deflower the Sphinx

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay
[Verse 6]
Now, the Sphinx's posterior regions
Are clogged by the sands of the Nile
Which accounts for the hump on the camel
And the Sphinx's inscrutable smile

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 7]
In the process of civilization
From anthropoid ape down to man
The palm is awarded the Navy
For buggering whatever it can

[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay

[Verse 8]
Further experimentation
Has incontrovertibly shown
That comparative safety on shipboard
Is enjoyed by the hedgehog alone
[Chorus]
Singing toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali, ooraliay
Toorali, oorali, oorali
Toorali ooraliay