Queen of Waters

VERSES
Well away my love away
For we′re sailing home today
On a boat called memory
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

Oh she's like some Persian queen
With her opal robes serene
In the lamplight shimmering
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

CHORUS
On a blue-jay morning
Feathering thorny memories
Hail home, hearts have been too long away
On a well-worn byway travelling, magpie gathering
Farewell queen of waters

VERSES
Well it′s hard to roll in mirth
When your feet don't touch the earth
And the wolf comes hungering
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

Folly never foots the bill
And we all shall pay in full
For a life of melody
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

CHORUS
On a blue-jay morning
Feathering thorny memories
Hail home, hearts have been too long away
On a well-worn byway travelling, magpie gathering
Farewell queen of waters

VERSES
Well I should have sowed my corn
But I danced until the dawn
Like an ant grasshoppering
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

Oh there must be better ways
For to keep the debts at bay
And the whiskey trickling
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

CHORUS
On a blue-jay morning
Feathering thorny memories
Hail home, hearts have been too long away
On a well-worn byway travelling, magpie gathering
Farewell queen of waters

VERSES
So we'll bid our ship adieu
There′s a mooring in the blue
Where the gulls are gathering
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

Oh she′s like some Persian queen
And her like shall ne'er be seen
Only in our reverie
Hail home, hearts that long for the land

CHORUS
On a blue-jay morning
Feathering thorny memories
Hail home, hearts have been too long away
On a well-worn byway travelling, magpie gathering
Farewell queen of waters
On a blue-jay morning
Feathering thorny memories
Hail home, hearts have been too long away
On a well-worn byway travelling, magpie gathering
Farewell queen of waters