"When My Ship Comes Home from Sea"
"O A golden comb for golden hair,
And milk-white pearls for a neck as fair;
And silver chains, and all for me,
The day my ship comes home from sea!
"O silken 'broideries, green and blue,
And wrought with crimson thro' and thro',
With coral and amber; all for me,
The day my ship comes home from sea!"
"And where is the good ship sailing from
That brings these brave things safely home?
And by what name do you hail her free,
And who is her captain on the sea?"
"My ship comes sailing from the West,
And her name is called 'The Sailor's Rest';
And the bravest man of all her crew,
Her captain, is my lover true."
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