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