On the last watch far out on the sea

The days work but a bad memory

My mind wanders to you and to home

Oh my darling my lover my own

All Alone on the watch wheel in hand

My tear filled eyes search for land

Thoughts of you pierce my heart like a knife

Oh my darling my lover my wife



On the last watch the pain fades away

Of the blisters and bruises of the day

With the moon your visage does rise

Like the Phoenix setting fire to the skies

In the day hard at work no time to think

Knee deep in the blood sweat and stink

With the crack of the lash swift and true

All hope dies of returning to you



But on the last watch my hope is reborn

Though in the day like my back it is torn

The night sky will mend it every time

In the darkness you envelope my mind

I will do what I can to stay alive

With your memory I know I will survive

Never again to sea when I’m home

Oh my darling my lover my own



On the last watch far out on the sea

The days work but a bad memory

My mind wanders to you and to home

Oh my darling my lover my own

All alone on the watch wheel in hand

My tear-filled eyes search for land

Thoughts of you pierce my heart like a knife

Oh my darling my lover my wife