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