Mistress Of The Sea
Mistress of the deep blue sea
You take my hand and on you guide me
Through the swirling waves
Where Davy Jones has laid our graves
A lover of the foaming ocean
The cascading waves break with emotion
On the shores that lead to land
Across the pebbles amongst the sand
Crabs and shrimps they scuttle there
Hearts and minds so free from care
Amongst the rocks in crystal pools
Where breaking waves form waterfalls
I sat alone upon the beach
Watched sea gull flying out of reach
Soaring silent through the sky
They will claim my soul the day I die
With an old ivory pipe between my teeth
I have sailed the straights and the Great Barrier Reef
I have seen the corals beneath the waves
And here with my mistress I will make my grave
Over the distant thunder of the roaring tide
I have called to my mistress so deep inside
Where she danced beneath in glittering surf
That soft singing mermaid of watery birth
In my dreams I see a beach
Upon an island out of reach
Where human kind has never been
Tranquil, sand swept so serene
I hope one day to sail my boat
To this island so remote
And live in peace on golden shore
Today tomorrow and forever more
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