Lyrics Red Sails In The Sunset - Nat King Cole

-Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Hugh Williams
-Previously charted in 1935 by Bing Crosby (#1), Guy Lombardo (also #!),
-Mantovani (#3), and Jack Jackson (# 13)
-Previously charted in 1936 by Louis Armstrong (#15)
-Subsequently charted by Tab Hunter in 1957 (#57), The Platters in 1960 (#36)
-And by Fats Domino in 1963 (#35).

{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{She sailed at the dawning, all day I′ve been blue}
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me

Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more

{Red sails in the sunset}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{Home safely to me}

{Bracketed words are sung by Nat in unison with background singers}
(Words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)