I'm goin' away to leave you, love

I'm goin' away for a while

But I'll return to you sometime

If I go ten thousand miles



The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose it's motion love

If I prove false to thee



Oh, who'll shoe your pretty little feet

And who'll glove your hand

And who'll kiss your rosy cheeks

When I'm in a far off land



The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose it's motion love

If I prove false to thee



Oh, have you seen those mournful doves

Flying from pine to pine

They're mourning for their own true love

Just like I mourn for mine



The storms are on the ocean

The heavens may cease to be

This world may lose it's motion love

If I prove false to thee