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