Bill Staines
Bill Staines
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Bill Staines
I've sailed this island for most of my life
All the way from the Minch to Dundee
And in Liverpool once I did take me a wife
And it's her that I'm longing to see
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
Three months ago April I left her with child
A child that was mine sure as she
But she'd not complain, for she's gentle and mild
And it's her that I'm longing to see
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
I've sinned a lot, for a sinner I be;
As a sailor, I've sailed in the storms
But in Liverpool, that's where I'm longing to be
With her arms wrapped around me so warm
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
When the light from your tower is all that I see
And her footsteps they run to the door
Then I'll lift up my glass, and for all men to see
I will vow to go sailing no more
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below;
Singing, Shine, shine, Liverpool light
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
Shine on your children below
For as long as there have been sailors, there have been men who have loved to roam — and just about as many who missed the home they left behind.
- Liner notes