The Jolly Rogers - Red Right Returning lyrics
[The Jolly Rogers - Red Right Returning lyrics]
The fog rolls across the dock
In the early morning light
And there stands a ghostly figure of
A woman all in white
The woman is my lover and she
Stares off at the sea
Looking for red right returning and
Waiting there for me
When a ship goes sailing out there’s
A lantern on each side
With the green one on the right
We’ll sail out with the tide
And even on the darkest night you
Can see those lanterns burning
You’ll know I’m coming home to you
When you see red right returning
Thе first time that I sailed from her
I knеw I’d miss my girl
But by the time that I came
Home she was my whole world
When I saw her waiting on the dock
I knew we’d share a life
Before I sailed out again
I’d made that girl my wife
As my ship goes sailing out I
Leave my heart at home
And though always surrounded I feel so alone
All I know I went to sea
My heart filled up with yearning
To let her know that I’d be home
When she saw red right returning
And on that ship I’d stare out
And watch the dolphins swim
Longing for just a little while
To be one of them
For I would swim with all my speed
Right back to my home shore
And feel the warmth of her embrace
As I held her once more
As our ship goes sailing out
Once more into the sea
I know that this will be the
Last time out for me
When I get home I’ll settle down
A new trade I’ll be learning
And she’ll wait just one last time
To see red right returning
But that trip was years ago and
The story is well known
Of the waves and rocks upon
Which our ship was blown
The hull was cracked our hope was gone
And not a soul was saved
The ship became our coffin
The angry sea our grave
The fog rolls across the dock
In the early morning light
And there stands a ghostly figure of
A woman dressed all in white
The woman is my lover and she
Stares off at the sea
Looking for red right returning
And waiting there for me
Looking for red right returning
And waiting there for me
In the early morning light
And there stands a ghostly figure of
A woman all in white
The woman is my lover and she
Stares off at the sea
Looking for red right returning and
Waiting there for me
When a ship goes sailing out there’s
A lantern on each side
With the green one on the right
We’ll sail out with the tide
And even on the darkest night you
Can see those lanterns burning
You’ll know I’m coming home to you
When you see red right returning
Thе first time that I sailed from her
I knеw I’d miss my girl
But by the time that I came
Home she was my whole world
When I saw her waiting on the dock
I knew we’d share a life
Before I sailed out again
I’d made that girl my wife
As my ship goes sailing out I
Leave my heart at home
And though always surrounded I feel so alone
All I know I went to sea
My heart filled up with yearning
To let her know that I’d be home
When she saw red right returning
And on that ship I’d stare out
And watch the dolphins swim
Longing for just a little while
To be one of them
For I would swim with all my speed
Right back to my home shore
And feel the warmth of her embrace
As I held her once more
As our ship goes sailing out
Once more into the sea
I know that this will be the
Last time out for me
When I get home I’ll settle down
A new trade I’ll be learning
And she’ll wait just one last time
To see red right returning
But that trip was years ago and
The story is well known
Of the waves and rocks upon
Which our ship was blown
The hull was cracked our hope was gone
And not a soul was saved
The ship became our coffin
The angry sea our grave
The fog rolls across the dock
In the early morning light
And there stands a ghostly figure of
A woman dressed all in white
The woman is my lover and she
Stares off at the sea
Looking for red right returning
And waiting there for me
Looking for red right returning
And waiting there for me