My ship has sails that are made of silk 
The decks are trimmed with gold 
And of jam and spice 
There's a paradise 
In the hold 

My ship's aglow with a million pearls 
And rubies fill each bin 
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky 
When my ship comes in 

I can wait the years 
Till it appears 
One fine day 
One spring 

But the pearls and such 
They won't mean much 
If there's missing just one thing

I do not care 
If that day arrives 
That dream need never be 
If the ship I sing 
Doesn't also bring 
My own true love to me 

If the ship I sing 
Doesn't also bring 
My own true love to me