Why don't you go back to the sea, my dear? I am not one who would hold you; The sea is the woman you really love, So let hers be the arms that fold you. Your bright blue eyes are a sailor's eyes, Your hungry heart is a sailor's too. And I know each port that you pass through Will give you one lass both bonny and wise Who has learned light love from a sailor's eyes. If you ever go back to the sea, my dear, I shall miss you -- yes, can you doubt it? But women have lived through worse than that, So why should we worry about it? Take your restless heart to the restless sea, Your light, light love to a lighter lass, Who will smile when you come and smile when you pass. Here you can only trouble me. Oh, I think you had better go back to the sea! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POSSUM SONG (A WARNING) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON ATELIER CEZANNE by CLARENCE MAJOR EARTH IS ENOUGH by EDWIN MARKHAM A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AT THE MERMAID TAVERN (APRIL 10, 1613) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |