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Sailing on the Tide

from When England Calls - (26 tracks) by Bill Bates

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Every time I left home to sail around the world I would swear that when I returned I would never sail away ever again and I would build a house and settle down. They I would change my mind and go off again "One more time." ......... actually - I wrote this on a pedalo in North Devon - but it sounds better the other way.

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Sailing on the Tide

Board a ship and sail to sea
Mary will you marry me
And when I reach the shore
I’ll never go to sea no more
I will never go to sea no more

And when I come home to you
I promise to marry you
Buy a house for my love and me
I promise ne’er to go to sea
I promise ne-er to go to sea

Chorus

And I'm sailing on the tide
To come home to my love
Yes I am sailing on the tide
To come back home once more
To come back home once more

Cape Horn is a dreadful place
Wipes the smile clean from your face
We carry gold and we carry grain
To my love and back again
To my love and back again

Chorus

And I'm sailing on the tide
To come home to my love
Yes I am sailing on the tide
To come back home once more
To come back home once more

Repeat verse 1

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from When England Calls - (26 tracks), track released January 3, 2012
Written by Bill Bates

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Bill Bates Royal Leamington Spa, UK

I am a Warwickshire based singer songwriter and I perform my songs in folk clubs and festivals. My songs are (almost) autobiographical and often about the ordinary things in life, such as caravan holidays, recycling and a song about a Mars Bar party (where people are supposed to have took their clothes off!) Some of my songs are funny, other songs are serious; either way I hope you like them! ... more

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