A TALL SHIP
I saw a tall ship sailing by,
I wept inside, I knew not why,
The spirit of the wind should breathe,
To bring my broken heart to grieve,
For distant shores, a warmer clime,
A place where bougainvillea climb.
I saw a tall ship sailing by,
Its masts were waving to the sky,
And as a compass needle's drawn,
I felt my soul was being borne,
Across the seas, across the waves,
Where sailor men cross sailor graves.
I saw a tall ship sailing by,
It flew so fast the foam would fly,
And as it stood upon the beam,
I wished myself aboard to dream,
Upon the tall ship sailing by,
To seek a place where I might die.
The Eastern Star
Tonight I gazed at heaven and I focused on a star,
For it glimmered in the eastern skies, you’re there but here you are;
I took your picture with me that you could see it too;
And as we wished upon that star I wished our dreams were true.
There’s a little diamond in the sky, it reflects the moonlight’s glow;
And it is always with you, dear, wherever you will go.
It sparkled as your eyes do; I would barter dreams for light;
And so I held your image up and wished it starry flight.
We gazed we two upon that star, there was just you and I;
I held your image in my arm and I shared it with the sky;
And now that twinkle eastern star,
That shimmers everywhere you are,
Has shared your image near and far, as you are here with me.