Long years ago when I was young
The flowers they bloomed and the birds they sung
A sailor and his fair young bride
Were weeping by the water's side
Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Fa-la-la, la-la-la
A sailor and his fair young bride
Were weeping by the water's side
'Tis but six months since we were wed
But oh how fast the time has sped
For we must part at the dawning of the day
When the good ship bears my love away
Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Fa-la-la, la-la-la
For we must part at the dawning of the day
When the good ship bears my love away
Long years have passed, he comes no more
To greet his bride by the ocean shore
His ship went down in the howling of the storm
And the waves engulfed his lifeless form
Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Fa-la-la, la-la-la
His ship went down in the howling of the storm
And the waves engulfed his lifeless form
Oh that I were with him too
Beneath the waves of the ocean blue
My soul to my God and my body to the sea
And the deep blue waves a rolling over me
Fa-la-la-la, la-la-la-la, Fa-la-la, la-la-la
My soul to my God and my body to the sea
And the deep blue waves a rolling over me