Will You Go to the Sea

Through waving fields they walked in the light
Of the midsummer's golden moon
Will the time and the miles dim this fire so bright?
Why must you go away so soon?
Away so soon, away so soon
Why must you go away so soon?

With this red rose I pledge to thee
Your heart shall be one with mine
For a few precious days this flower will bloom
I am yours till the end of time
Till the end of time, the end of time
I am yours till the end of time

CHORUS:
Will you go will you go will you go to the sea
On some foreign shores to stand
The wild winds that carry my lover from me
Hold a poor sailor's life in their hands
Life in their hands, life in their hands
They hold a poor sailor's life in their hands

Each day by her window she watches and waits
Each night a candle burns
As the leaves fade and fall neath the bitter snows
She waits for the sails of his ship to return
Ship to return, ship to return
She waits for the sails of his ship to return

©2001 by Harvey Reid

As recorded on #115 "The Great Sad River"

As re-released on #116 "Dreamer or Believer"

As re-released on #122 "Wreck of the Isidore"