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In 1701 we skipped off 'cross the pond To reach the shores of the new world
The August air sweet with young fashion and fate
Shipped a handsome young swift and his girl
The boarding list read 76 British names Men and women both tallied and scored
But none could have guessed after such diligence She'd deliver but 74
And oh my love look out o'er the sea And think of all the trouble left behind
Tomorrow holds no fear for me So long, my love, as you are by my side
The girl of his dreams, she'd get lost in her dreams
And sing songs 'bout the sea when shes paintin' Her face shown like light on the ocean that
night And she laughed when it started rainin'
The captain called "All brace for chop and for squall"
As the cloud grayed the sky into dark She sang when she spoke and she lived like
a joke Good luck tryin' to tie down a spark
And oh my love look out o'er the sea And think of all the trouble left behind
Tomorrow holds no fear for me So long, my love, as you are by my side
Her love stayed beside her as courage betrayed her
He held out his hand to lead the way When a wave o'er the rail
crashed down on the young pair And carried lo his precious love away
He screamed into the wind And lost her name among the mist
As the sea with mighty howls shouted back But his cries served no use to protect him
from the truth That his bonny love's voice he'd heard the
last
Crying oh my love look out o'er the sea And think of all the trouble left behind
Tomorrow holds no fear for me So long, my love, as you are by my side
When twenty hours passed now the sea is flat as glass
The boy into the yon distance stared When from a hidden source came his lovely
maiden's voice whispering across the salty air
He dove o'er below and with all of his hope He kicked to the sound of her singin'
When the mates from behind Threw their warnings in time
"Turn back lad before you start sinking!"
But he kicked and he swam To his love lost in the damned
'Til he drowned when his limbs gave up tryin' All the sailor and I now can add to our lies
The tale of a man lost to the sirens!
Singing oh my love look out o'er the sea And think of all the trouble left behind
Tomorrow holds no fear for me So long, my love, as you are by my side