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