The Last Farewell

They said goodbye And some they did sigh The ship it disappeared Into the night Another voyage out Without any doubt It never got much easier with time The last man to embark Kssed a harbour girl And pressed a keepsake In her little hand The Last Farewell Was stirring in their minds Everyone had heard Those words before The Last Farewell The curse of maritime Would they see The home cliffs anymore And sure enough The hurricane blew up The Hesperus Was here before their eyes The swirling tempest grew And then it overthrew So many helpless souls into the tide The orders from the captain To drop all the sails Were wasted as the bow began to keel The Last Farewell Was stirring in their minds Everyone had heard Those words before The Last Farewell The curse of maritime Would they see The home cliffs anymore The Last Farewell Was stirring in their minds Everyone had heard Those words before The Last Farewell The curse of maritime Would they see The home cliffs anymore