| lyric | On a cold and stormy winter's nigh, as the snow lay on the ground
A sailor boy stood, on the quay and his ship was outward bound
His true love standing by his side shed many a bitter tear
And as he pressed her to his heart he whispered in her ear.
Chorus:
Farewell, farewell, my own true love, this parting gives me pain
You’ll be my own true guiding star till, I return again
My thoughts will be of you my love when storms are raging high
So farewell,, love, remember me your faithful sailor boy.
’Twas in a gale, that the ship set sail; the lass was standing by,
She watched the vessel out of sight, and the tears stood in her eyes.
She prayed to Him in Heaven above to guide him on his way,
And a parting word from her own true love did echo o’er the bay.
Chorus:
The ship returned, but sad to say, without her sailor boy,
He died at sea while under weigh, and the flags were half-mast high
And when his comrades came ashore; they told her that he was dead,
And in aletter he had wrote the last lines sadly read:
Chorus:
Farewell, farewell, my own true love, on earth we’ll meet no more
I hope we’ll meet in Heaven above on that bright and happy shore:
I hope we’ll meet in that bright land, that land beyond the sky
Where you will never be parted from your faithful sailor boy |