I'D CROSS THE WILD ATLANTIC

Ah me, I must mourn my true love ever more
Though coldly forsaken it's you I adore.
And if you would return then I'd make you my bride
Or I'd cross the wild atlantic to be by your side.

On the mornin' we parted, how sad the farewell
Our words they were few, but our thoughts none could tell
And when lost to my vision far over the brine
I drank your success in a goblet of wine.

Three times have I crossed to the ship, as she lay
Becalmed on the breast of the silvery bay
And my crew are the bravest ever handled an oar
Unawed by the tempest, they laugh at its roar.

No ballroom can tempt me nor raise my despair
For there's none in the dance that with you can compare
And to watch the young lovers as they swing 'round the floor
Brings tears to these eyes that may see you no more.

And in beauty there's none with this lady can vie
She's as pure as the starts in the blue vaulted sky
She's as fair as a lily and as sweet as the rose
And there's nothing can tempt me her name to disclose.

No drink will I take for to lighten my heart
But the wildest adventures I'll take for my part
No woman on earth will I have for a bride
'Till I cross the Wild Atlantic to be by your side.

Ah me, I must mourn my true love evermore
Though coldly forsaken, it's you I adore
And if you would return, then I'd make you my bride
Or I'd cross the wild atlantic to be by your side.