Rockin' Rollin' Ocean Lyrics - Hank Snow

Written by Theda Roush 

Recorded by Hank Snow 

Ev'ry day I listen to the surging tide, 

And I always wonder why the sea's so wide; 

Miles of salty water, endless skies above, 

Stretch out far between me and the one I love. 

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Rockin' rollin' ocean, 

With your briny foam, 

Bring my sweetheart back to me, 

Bring my darling home. 

Ev'ry night I wander down beside the sea, 

Callin' to the wind to blow her back to me; 

Now my arms are empty, since she sailed away, 

Only stars to hear me when I kneel and pray. 

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Little drops of water, little grains of sand, 

Make a wide, wide ocean in a lonely land; 

When a new ship anchors and she don't appear, 

I make the ocean wider with another tear. 

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