Blow the wind southerly
Southerly, southerly
Blow the wind south o'er
The bonnie blue sea.
Blow the wind southerly
Southerly, southerly
Blow bonnie breeze
My [bad word] love to me.
They told me last night
There were ships in the offing
And I hurried down
To the deep rolling sea
But my eye could not see it
Wherever might be it
The bark that is bearing
My lover to me. [bad word] Is it not sweet
To hear the breeze singing
As lightly [bad word] O'er the deep rolling sea?
But sweeter and endearing
By far 'tis when steering
The bark of my [bad word] love
Back safely to me.