Liverpool Light lyrics

Liverpool Light
by Bill Staines

I`ve sailed this island for most of my life
All the way from the Minch to Dundee
And in Liverpool once I did take me a wife
And it`s her that I`m longing to see

Cho: Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below.

Three months ago April I left her with child
A child that was mine sure as she.
But she`d not complain, for she`s gentle and mild
And it`s her that I`m longing to see.

Cho.

I`ve sinned a lot, for a sinner I be;
As a sailor, I`ve sailed in the storms.
But in Liverpool, that?s where I`m longing to be,
With her arms wrapped around me so warm.

Cho.

When the light from your tower is all that I see,
And her footsteps they run to the door.
Then I`ll lift up my glass, and for all men to see,
I will vow to go sailing no more.

Cho