Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss

It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this


The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go


Will you wait for me, darlin?? I need to know




Well, you know I?m a sailor and tomorrow we sail


It?s a hard way of livin? but I know it well

And if I surrender my life to the sea


You can marry another, it?s alright with me




Though we won?t be together again ?til the spring


Just imagine the treasures I?ll bring




Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I?ll be gone


I will remember you all winter long


And when I return to the one that I miss

Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss, the sweeter the kiss





When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green

I?ll come back from wherever I?ve been





Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss

It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this


The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go


I will give up the ocean forever, I know, forever, I know




Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss


It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this

The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go


I will give up the ocean forever, I know, forever, I know