I Know She Waits For Me

A song of the sea, 1902
Companion song to “Asleep in the Deep”
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Kerry Mills


The sheet music:


Lyrics

  1. When the night-wind sighs and the seagull cries
    As it skims the foaming wave
    When the lighthouse bell tolls its warning knell
    Still the sailor’s heart is brave
    For never a fear can come to him
    And never a storm arise
    And never a shadow can ever dim
    The light in his sweetheart’s eyes
    Tho’ they must part for a year or a day
    Her memory guides him on his way

Refrain
Shine on, oh! beacon, in lighthouse afar
Guiding the vessels that cross the harbor bar
Glow on the waters, oh! calm evening star
For some one the same star can see
One who is waiting whatever betide
Who loves a sailor and longs to be his bride
Tho’ I am roaming on land or sea
I know she waits, I know she waits for me
Tho’ I am roaming I know she waits
I know she waits for me

  1. There’s a song of home, in the sounding foam
    And the lights seem fair on shore
    For the voyage past, he is home at last
    And two hearts will part no more
    Oh! sweet is the love her eyes disclose
    And sweet is her face to view
    But sweeter the story the sailor knows
    Of a love that was always true
    And oft in dreams he’ll roam the main
    And oft in dreams he’ll sing again