Sing For Me Songtext

To make him stay

"My daddy dear, it hails, it blows

You cannot go today!"



Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me

When I'm away you'll be

The siren that will finally lead me home



The April mud was on his boots

A-clinging through the fields
And desperate it send up its shoots

But at water's edge, it yields



Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me

When I'm away, you'll be

The siren that will finally lead me home



The waves were pounding the dock

The pillars creak and growl

The shoreman loading up the stock

The gulls were crying foul



Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me

When I'm away, you'll be

The siren that will finally lead me home



The father called up to the ship:

"You need an extra hand?"

"Ah yes, for just a little trip

One month, be back at land,"

The rain had stirred the sea too well

The salt poured on the deck

At last the captain rang the bell

The ship was left to wreck



Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me

When I'm away, you'll be

The siren that will finally lead me home



It's calm, but now the fog is thick

So which way should they head?

The rest knew not and they must be quick

So father softly said:



Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me

When I'm away you'll be

The siren that will finally lead me home