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