Sing For Me Testo

Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.
The girl around her father throws her arms to make him stay:
❝My daddy dear it hails, it blows; you cannot go today!❝
Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.
The April mud was on his boots, a❝ clinging through the fields
And desperate it send up its shoots-but at water❝s edge it yields.
Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.
The waves were pounding the dock; the pillars creak and growl.
The shoreman loading up the stock; the gulls were crying foul.
Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.
The father called up to the ship, ❝You need an extra hand?❝
❝Ah yes, for just a little trip: one month be back at land.❝
The rain had stirred the sea too well; the salt poured on the deck.
At last the captain rang the bell: they ship was left to wreck.
Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.
It calm but now the fog if thick: so which way should they head?
The rest knew not and they must be quick-so father softly said:
Sing for me, my daughter, sing for me.
When I❝m away you❝ll be the siren that will finally lead me home.