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:
Accompaniment by Denese Coulbeck:
Lyrics
- 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
- 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
Sung here by Vancha March: