American Old Time Song Lyrics: 23 Mariners Daughter

Theater, Music-Hall, Nostalgic, Irish & Historic Old Songs, Volume 23

MARINERS DAUGHTER
By S Lover.

Why art thou wandering alone on the shore?
The wind it blows cold and the white breakers roar;
Oh! I am wandering alone by the sea,
To watch if my father's returning to me,
To watch if my fathers returning to me.
For the gale it blew thro' the darkness of night,
And I'm watching here since the dawning of light;
Looking thro' tears o'er the dark rolling sea,
To watch if my father's returning to me.
To watch if my father's returning to me.

Last when my father put forth on the deep,
To our cottage returning I lay down to sleep,
But while the calm sweet sleep came to me,
The voice of the tempest was waking the sea.
The voice of the tempest was waking the sea,
I thought in a dream 'twas my father that spoke,
But. oh! to the voice of the tempest I woke,
And the father I dreamt of was far on the sea-
Good angels, keep watch o'er my father for me,
Good angels, keep watch o'er my father for me.