I'd Cross The Wild Atlantic Lyrics - Andy M. Stewart

Ah me, I must mourn my true love evermore 

Though coldly forsaken, it's you adore 

And if you'd return then I'd make you my bride 

Or I'd cross the wild Atlantic to be by your side 

On the morning we parted, how sad the farewell 

Our words, they were few, but our thoughts none could tell 

And when lost to my vision far over the brine 

I drank your success in a goblet of wine 

Three times have I crossed to the ship as she lay 

Becalmed on the breast of the silvery bay 

And my crew are the bravest ever handled an oar 

And not by the tempest, they laugh at its roar 

No ballroom can tempt me nor raise my dispair 

For there none in the dance that with you can compare 

And to watch the young lovers as they swing 'round the floor 

Brings tears to these eyes that may see you no more 

And in beauty there's none with this lady could buy 

She's as pure as the stars and the blue of the sky 

She's as fair as a lily and as sweet as a rose 

And there's nothing can tempt me, her name to disclose 

No drink will I take for to lighten my heart 

But the wildest adventures I'll take for my part 

No women on earth will I have for a bride 

'Til I cross the wild Atlantic to be your side 

Ah me, I must mourn my true love evermore 

Though coldly forsaken, it's you adore 

And if you'd return then I'd make you my bride 

Or I'll cross the wild Atlantic to be by your side