Oh I'm s ailin' away my ow n true lo ve
I'm s ailin' a way in the m orning
is there s omething I can send you from ac ross the s ea
From the place that I 'll be l anding?
No there's nothin' you can send me my o wn true l ove
There's n othin' I wish to be o wnin'
Just c arry yourself back to m e unspo iled
From ac ross that lo nesome o cean.
Oh but I just thought you might w ant somet hing fine
Made of silver o r of gol den
Either f rom the mounta ins of Madri d
Or from t he coast of Barcelon a?
Oh but if I had the stars from the d arkest ni ght
And the d iamonds from the de epest oc ean
I'd f orsake them all for yo ur sweet k iss
For that's a ll I'm wis hin' to be o wnin'.
That I m ight be gone a lo ng time
And it 's only th at I'm a skin'
Is there s omething I can sen d you to reme mber me by
To make y our time more easy pa ssin'?
Oh how c an how can you a sk me a gain
It on ly brin gs me so rrow
But the s ame thing I would w ant to day
I would want ag ain tomo rrow.
When I g ot a letter on a l onesome d ay
It was f rom her s hip a-sa ilin'
Saying I don't know when I'll be co min' back a gain
It depen ds on ho w I'm a- feelin'.
Well if y ou my love must th ink that-a -way
I'm sur e your m ind is r oamin'
I'm sure your thoughts are no t with m e
But with the country to wh ere you're goin'.
So take he ed take heed of the w estern wi nd
Take hee d of the stormy w eather
And ye s there's something you can se nd back t o me
Spanish bo ots of Sp anish le ather.
