Darling West Dover song lyrics

Oh, dear sweetheart of mine

I reckoned my life to be over

Out of darkness I saw them shine

The mighty white cliffs of Dover

One early morning I set sail

Out of Port Sainte-Marine

No saint could save me, it would seem

From the raging storm I fell in

The crashing waves and howling winds

took my boat a-dancin'

a frightening waltz I could not lead

into the abyss a-glancin'

One- we rose and two- we stopped

Three- towards Hades falling

I felt the draw from down below

I heard the sirens calling

No saint am I, but Saint was he

Who brought my boat to harbor

He saved a sinner from the sea

Saint Brendan, the navigator