SAILING HOME
(Walter Samuels, Leonard Whitcup, Teddy Powell)
Jay Wilbur & His Band
V. Jack Cooper
1st December 1937
Also recorded by:
Gracie Fields
Sailing home at the end of the day
With the north star to guide him
And light the way
Sailing home though the day has been long
>From the far off horizon
You’ll hear his song
The deep blue skies are her deep blue eyes
The gold of the sun is her hair
The winds that blow make his love boat go
Home to his love waiting there
Sailing home to her arms once again
With a cargo of daydreams
He’s sailing home.
Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
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As recorded by Gracie Fields
Sailing home at the end of the day
With the north star to guide him
And light the way
Sailing home though the day has been long
From the far off horizon
You’ll hear his song
The deep blue skies are her deep blue eyes
The gold of the sun is her hair
The winds that blow make his love boat go
Home to his love waiting there
Sailing home to her arms once again
With a cargo of daydreams
He’s sailing home.
The fisherman’s day is over
He dreams of a tender caress
And sails away to a moonlit bay
His heart of happiness
Sailing home at the end of the day
With the north star to guide him
And light the way
Sailing home though the day has been long
From the far off horizon
You’ll hear his song
The deep blue skies are her deep blue eyes
The gold of the sun is her hair
The winds that blow make his love boat go
Home to his love waiting there
Sailing home to her arms once again
With a cargo of daydreams
He’s sailing home.
(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - July 2013)