I thought it would be nice to put this song here finally, in case anyone would like to use it. (Please let me know if you do.)
There was a man from afar
Who loved a woman with a mighty pow’r
And tho’ he saw her but twice a year
Losing her love he did not fear
Until one day when he returned
And there was something which must be learned
His suspicion arose but innocence she feigned
‘Do not ask and you’ll feel no pain’
For he smelt the scent on the scarf she wore
It was the perfume that she’d worn before
At the time back then when they first met
(And even she’d admit she was a whore!)
And to this discovery said he:
‘While I’ve been trav’lin the seven seas
I know what you’ve been doing without me
It was your fragrant scarf that told it to me -
The bittersweet scent of black cherries.
I thought my love was dear to thee
This hurts more than salt water in my eye’ said he
‘And tho’ without your love I will surely flounder
I can’t ignore the truth once I’ve found her.
I’ve loved you well and I’ve loved you long
But now the woman that I trusted has gone
So I must leave my fair lady
And entrust my foolish self to the sea.
Fear not my darling, fear not dear
Tho’ your ship will have no captain to steer
The time has come for us to part
And you will not be lonely
With your black cherry heart!
Hoist the mast (Hoist the mast!)
Cast the sail (Cast the sail!)
Hoist the mast and cast the sail
I’ve lost my love’ he wailed and wailed
‘I loved her then and I love her still
But the truth I’ve swallowed is a bitter pill.
Into the storm I want to go
Like a ship in the waves my heart’s been thrown
And tho’ I have toiled the torrid flow
With the sea I am not quite alone.
For I’m not of the air
But I am of the surf
It’s time I leave this neglectful earth.’
And after a battle, the ship went down
And with a broken heart, he duly drowned. / And that poor sailor surely drown’d.
Who loved a woman with a mighty pow’r
And tho’ he saw her but twice a year
Losing her love he did not fear
Until one day when he returned
And there was something which must be learned
His suspicion arose but innocence she feigned
‘Do not ask and you’ll feel no pain’
For he smelt the scent on the scarf she wore
It was the perfume that she’d worn before
At the time back then when they first met
(And even she’d admit she was a whore!)
And to this discovery said he:
‘While I’ve been trav’lin the seven seas
I know what you’ve been doing without me
It was your fragrant scarf that told it to me -
The bittersweet scent of black cherries.
I thought my love was dear to thee
This hurts more than salt water in my eye’ said he
‘And tho’ without your love I will surely flounder
I can’t ignore the truth once I’ve found her.
I’ve loved you well and I’ve loved you long
But now the woman that I trusted has gone
So I must leave my fair lady
And entrust my foolish self to the sea.
Fear not my darling, fear not dear
Tho’ your ship will have no captain to steer
The time has come for us to part
And you will not be lonely
With your black cherry heart!
Hoist the mast (Hoist the mast!)
Cast the sail (Cast the sail!)
Hoist the mast and cast the sail
I’ve lost my love’ he wailed and wailed
‘I loved her then and I love her still
But the truth I’ve swallowed is a bitter pill.
Into the storm I want to go
Like a ship in the waves my heart’s been thrown
And tho’ I have toiled the torrid flow
With the sea I am not quite alone.
For I’m not of the air
But I am of the surf
It’s time I leave this neglectful earth.’
And after a battle, the ship went down
And with a broken heart, he duly drowned. / And that poor sailor surely drown’d.