My Sweet Nala Lee

[Verse 1] This boat and the winds they carry me far Far from the lands I have known And away from the home of the girl from the land A love soft and true that I want for my own [Verse 2] My sweet Nala Lee was but a young colt We met at the docks and beside my first boat The smile on her face and a beautiful grace I watched her move past me in a magical float [Chorus] Oh I live on the sea and the tides run my heart The ocean salt cleanses my bones Oh Sweet Nala Lee you are heaven to me Pray it not be, lass, that you and I part [Verse 3] But port's just a tack on an old sailor's map The ocean's my home, and where I will roam However I dreamed of sweet Nala Lee Each night as I lay alone in my sack [Verse 4] I prayed every day to be sailing her way May the Good Lord's port move closer to me In full sail haste we have no time to waste For closer is better with Sweet Nala Lee [Chorus] Oh I live on the sea and the tides run my heart The ocean salt cleanses my bones Oh Sweet Nala Lee you are heaven to me Pray it not be, lass, that you and I part [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 5] The port bell she rang as we threw down the ropes Old timbers they scrub on the pier I jumped to the docks and was gone with a jolt But nowhere I looked was my Nala Lee fair [Verse 6] Morning it came and up with a gasp I saw her in another man's grasp She loved the land and I love the sea The dreams I had woven for Sweet Nala Lee Oh my Good Lord, they weren't meant to be [Chorus] Oh I live on the sea and the tides run my heart The ocean salt cleanses my bones Oh Sweet Nala Lee you were heaven to me Sad that it be, lass, that you and I part