Liverpool Light Lyrics

Liverpool Light lyrics

Liverpool  Light
by Bill Staines
I've sailed this island for most of
my life
All the way from the Minch to Dundee
And in Liverpool once I
did take me a wife
And it's her that I'm longing to see
Cho: Singing,
Shine, shine, Liverpool light
     Shine on your children below;
    
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
     Shine on your children
below
     Shine on your children below.
Three months ago April I
left her with child
A child that was mine sure as she.
But she'd not
complain, for she's gentle and mild
And it's her that I'm longing to
see.
   Cho.
I've sinned a lot, for a sinner I be;
As a sailor,
I've sailed in the storms.
But in Liverpool, thatÕs where I'm longing to
be,
With her arms wrapped around me so warm.
   Cho.
When the
light from your tower is all that I see,
And her footsteps they run to the
door.
Then I'll lift up my glass, and for all men to see,
I will vow
to go sailing no more.
   Cho.