Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)

Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
 Don't try following me
 Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
 'Cause you know I'm coming home soon
 My ships' leaving on a three-year tour
 The next tide will take us from shore
 Windlaced, gather in sail and spray
 On a search for the mighty sperm whale
 Fly your willow branches
 Wrap your body round my soul
 Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
 There are years behind us reaching
 To the place where hearts are beating
 And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet
 And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet
 Starbuck's sharpening his harpoon
 The black man is playing his tune
 An old salt's sleeping his watch away
 He'll be drunk again before noon
 Three years sailing on bended knee
 We found no whales in the sea
 Don't cry, little Robin-Marie
 'Cause we'll be in sight of land soon
 Fly your willow branches
 Wrap your body round my soul
 Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
 There are years behind us reaching
 To the place where hearts are beating
 And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet
 And I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet