1. Lyrics

2. Notes

3. References

Lyrics

As with all folk music, there are now multiple versions of the lyrics after years of these lyrics being passed down the generations primarily by word of mouth. A common version is:

CHORUS:

Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly,

Blow the wind south o'er the bonny blue sea;

Blow the wind southerly, southerly, southerly,

Blow bonnie breeze, my lover 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 barque that is bearing my lover to me.

CHORUS

I stood by the lighthouse the last time we parted,

Till darkness came down o'er the deep rolling sea,

And no longer I saw the bright bark{{efn|Sources use this alternative (historical) spelling of "barque"^[6]}} of my lover.

Blow, bonny breeze and bring him to me.

CHORUS

Oh, is it not sweet to hear the breeze singing,

As lightly it comes o'er the deep rolling sea?

But sweeter and dearer by far when 'tis bringing,

The barque of my true love in safety to me.

CHORUS

The Ferrier recording does not have the "Oh," at the start of the last verse and changes ""when 'tis" to "'tis when".^[3] Also, the Ferrier recording varies the words of the chorus, whereas traditional versions do not; and the Ferrier recording misses out the second of the three verses shown above. ^[6]

Notes

References

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