My boat has gone out on the shore I am standing
Moon is still shining way over the sea
And still I am wondering if I should be waiting
Waiting for true love to come back to me
I'll always remember the first time I met her
Together we promised till death do us part
But how could we know it'd be true to the letter
For better or worse she had captured my heart
Her hair was as fair as the wheat fields of old Rome
Her eyes were as green as the deep where she drowned
Her skin was as soft as the swan's snow-white
feather Her kiss as ripe as the fruit on the ground
But sailors go sailing and the sea is their
mistress The call of the ocean too strong
to deny And many a time was our wedding bed empty
And the brightest of mornings,
the darkest of nights
And even the purest of hearts can get lonely
And often she'd heard that my boat had gone
down And she was too young and alive to be widowed
And another man's arms were strapped to her now
She tried to explain how her true heart had failed her
But I told her to leave and to come back no more
She took to her ship as the ship took to
sailing Her heart was as black as the gathering
storm
I stood stern and cold as the rock smashed against her
Every night from the shore I can still hear her call
For damned is the man who lets true love leave lightly
For my one love was true love,
is my love no more
For my one love was true love,
is my love no more
For my one love was true love,
is my love no more