Bm A
Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
Bm A A/G# F#m
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
Bm A
Forsake her not in times of storm,
Bm A A/G# F#m
protect her oaken beams from harm, fill her sails.
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
Bm A
Whether he be in Africa
Bm A A/G# F#m
Or deep asleep in India, fill his dreams,
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
Bm A
Dear snow white gulls upon the wing,
Bm A A/G# F#m
I, like you, are lamenting, for my love.
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
Bm A
And in my chariot of sleep,
Bm A A/G# F#m
I ride the vast and dreamy deep, deep sea.
Bm A
I awake a-weary on the shore.
Bm A
For seven years and seven days,
Bm A A/G# F#m
no man has seen my woman's ways, dear God.
Bm A
I a-weary cry upon the shore.
Bm A
Along the shingle beach I go,
Bm A A/G# F#m
the wind about me as I make my way,
Bm A
to my weary dream upon my bed.
Bm A
Dear wind that shakes the barley free,
Bm A A/G# F#m
Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
Bm A
I a-weary wait upon the shore.
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