Key: C
Introduction:
C F C G C
I'm going away to leave you, love, I'm going away for awhile,
F C G C
but I'll return to you some time, if I go ten thousand miles.
F C F G C
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be,
F C G C
this world may lose its motion, love, if I prove false to thee.
C F C G C
Oh, who will dress your pretty little feet, oh, who will glove your hand.
F C G C
Oh, who will kiss your rosy red cheek, when I'm in a far off land?
F C F G C
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be,
F C G C
this world may lose its motion, love, if I prove false to thee.
C F C G C
Oh,Poppa will dress my pretty little feet,and Momma will glove my hand.
F C G C
You can kiss my rosy red cheeks, when you return again.
F C F G C
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be,
F C G C
this world may lose its motion, love, if I prove false to thee.
C F C G C
Oh, have you seen those mournful doves, flying from pine to pine,
F C G C
a-mourning for their own true love just like I mourn for mine.
F C F G C
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be,
F C G C
this world may lose its motion, love, if I prove false to thee.
C F C G C
I'll never go back on the ocean, love, I'll never go back on the sea,
F C G C
I'll never go back from the blue-eyed girl, till she goes back on me.
F C F G C
The storms are on the ocean, the heavens may cease to be,
F C G C
this world may lose its motion, love, if I prove false to thee.