Just As The Tide Was A Flowing Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

On one morning 

In the month of May 

When all the birds 

Were singing 

I saw a lovely maiden stray 

Across the fields at break of day 

She softly sung her roundelay 

The tide flows in 

The tide flows out 

Twice every day returning 

Her cheeks were red 

Her eyes were brown 

Her hair in ringlets hanging down 

Upon her face to hide the frown 

Just as the tide was a flowing 

The tide flows in 

The tide flows out 

Twice everyday returning 

A sailor's wife at home must bide 

She halted heavily she sighed 

"He parted from poor me , a bride 

I'm widowed by the sea" she cried 

Just as the tide was a flowing 

The tide flows in 

The tide flows out 

Twice every day returning