We Parted On the Shore

It's years and years and years and years
And years and years and years
Since I parted from my sweetheart on the shore
I never will forget the sex she shed so many tears
I've never seen so many tears before
She asked me if I'd think of her
And I said perhaps I would
But I'd often broke my promises before

And then she stood and sat and wept
And then began to weep
And when I saw that
We parted on the shore

Aye, the tear fell gently from her eye
And it very nearly drowned a dog that was standing at her feet

You know, it's a terrible thing, you know
To be hundreds and hundreds and thousands
And thousands of miles away there, you know
You're away out on the dark, rolling sea and you're
Of course, mind you, there's one consolation, you know
That you're away back from everybody that you owe any money to, see?

I, er, you know, I'm gonna tell you
You know, you folk, you know, you're sitting there
And you absolutely don't know anything about the sea at all, see?
You've got no idea what's full of sea in the sea, see?
You've got no idea of the sharks that we see in the sea, see?

And mind I'm telling you there's a lot of sharks in the sea that are
That ought to be out of the sea
And there's a lot of sharks out of the sea that ought to be in the sea

But speaking about this girl of mine, I'll never forget when
We parted on the shore
Yes, we parted on the shore
I said "Goodbye, love, I'm off to Baltimore"
And I kissed her on the ship
The crew began to roar
Heely-ho, heely-ho
And we parted on the shore