Song Description
A song about a traveller's return, i.e. Francis Chichester, Ellen MacArthur.
| Song Length |
5:59 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1960 - 1969 |
Lyrics
Verse: 1
Seagulls are flying,
There?s pie in the sky up above the blue waves below
Soft the wind is vying,
Drying the sailclothes that lie on the yachts in Cowes road
I heard you calling
Though it was dark in the night, I was never alone
Southampton Water,
You took me away and now you?re bringing me home
Verse: 2
Tall ships returning,
God holds a palette of stardust and brushes the tide
Soon comes the yearning,
To hug close the shoreline, from Fawley to Dibden and Hythe
Harbour of England,
Open your arms to this stanger, I?m one of your own
Southampton Water,
You took me away and now you?re bringing me home
Bridge:
I sailed away on the crest of the wave,
Searching for fortune and truth
Never more certain of peace, I knew I would find
But when I got to the end of the earth
I thought about the place of my birth
And I realized, I?d left what loved most behind
Insrumental turnaround:
Repeat last section of verse:
Southampton Water,
You took me away and now you?re bringing me home
You took me away and now you?re bringing me home