Nantucket Sleighride / Mountain
Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Don't try following me
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause you know I'm coming home soon
My ship's leaving on a 3 year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Wind-laced, gathering sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale
Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body around my soul
Lay down your reeds
And drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To a place where hearts are beating
And I know you're the last true love
I'll ever meet
Starbuck's sharpening his harpoon
The black man's playing his tune
An old salt's sleeping his watch away
He'll be drunk again before noon
Three years, sailing on bended knee
We found no whales in this sea
Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause we'll be in sight of land soon
Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body around my soul
Lay down your reeds
And drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To a place where hearts are beating
And I know you're the last true love
I'll ever meet.
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