Faithful Sailor Boy, The

The Faithful Sailor Boy

Roud 376

Version from George Spicer

1. It was a stormy winter’s night
   The snow lay on the ground
   The sailor boy stood on the quay
   His ship was outward bound
   His sweetheart standing by his side
   Shed many a silent tear
   And as he pressed her to his breast
   He whispered in her ear
   
   Chorus
   Farewell, farewell my own true love
   This parting brings me pain
   I’ll be your own true guiding star
   When I return again
   My thoughts shall be of you, of you
   When the storms are raging high
   So fare thee well, remember me
   Your faithful sailor boy
   
   
2. Without a gale the ship set sail
   He bid his love goodbye
   She watched his craft till out of sight
   A tear bedimmed her eye
   She prayed to him in heaven above
   To guide him on his way
   His last and loving words that night
   Re-echoed o’er the bay
   
   
3. But sad to say the ship returned
   Without her sailor boy
   He died whilst on the voyage home
   The flag was half-mast high
   And when his comrades came on shore
   They told het he was dead
   A letter he had sent to her
   the last lien sadly read
   
   Final chorus
   Farewell, farewell my own true love
   On earth we’ll meet no more
   I soon shall be from storm and sea
   On that eternal shore
   I hope to meet you in that land
   That land beyond the sky
   Where you shall not be parted from
   Your faithful sailor boy