Bounding Main Call Of The Sea lyrics

When I was a boy, a drayman's son
I loved a girl so sweet and fair
I had no means to make her my own
And so this vow I did swear:

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I'll sail across the sea to raise a fortune for you to wed me.
Sword and shot are nothing, you see, until I come home to thee.

I sailed away, with Drake and my mates,
To give the Spaniard a living hell
A treasure was won, much silver and gold -
But then we sailed around the world!

A portrait of you was locked in my heart,
As we roved past those foreign shores;
Your beautiful eyes, your raven hair -
It was your smile that guided me home.

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I'll sail across the sea to raise a fortune for you to wed me.
Wind and wave are nothing, to me, until I come home to thee.

More than three years had finally gone by
When we to England were welcomed home
To my darling I strode, my sea-chest in tow
Our fortune secure, I'll never more rove.

After two years this woman I loved

Had surely thought that I was done
Then at three years a husband she chose
To be a father to a son.

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I'll sail across the sea to raise a fortune for you to wed me.
Time and tide do not affect me, until I come home to thee.

All those long year spent fighting the sea,
Now all my dreams, like mist, are gone.
I bid you great joy with this man that you wed,
But the pain of your loss I cannot bear long.

A purse of gold coins and a single red rose
Is my parting gift to you, from me.
I'll leave the dry land, a ship owner now:
If I can't be with you I'll marry the sea.

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Oh, I sailed around the world to be by your side forever more
Fiddler's Green is my final shore, my love forever gone.

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I'll sail across the sea to raise a fortune for you to wed me.
I'll write you a song to remember me, until I come home to thee.