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Dear wind that shakes the barley free,

[G/f#]

Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.

I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Forsake her not in times of storm,

[G/f#]

protect her oaken beams from harm, fill her sails.

I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Whether he be in Africa

[G/f#]

Or deep asleep in India, fill his dreams,

I a-weary wait upon the shore.

Dear snow white gulls upon the wing,

[G/f#]

I, like you, are lamenting, for my love.

I a-weary wait upon the shore.

And in my chariot of sleep,

[G/f#]

I ride the vast and dreamy deep, deep sea.

I awake a-weary on the shore.

For seven years and seven days,

[G/f#]

no man has seen my woman's ways, dear God.

I a-weary cry upon the shore.

Along the shingle beach I go,

[G/f#]

the wind about me as I make my way,

to my weary dream upon my bed.

Dear wind that shakes the barley free,

[G/f#]

Blow home my true love's ship to me, fill her sails.

I a-weary wait upon the shore.

I a-weary wait upon the shore.