Pierce Pettis

Farewell
Farewell New Port TownFarewell Rhode Island soundJust a maiden of sixteenWhat do I knowI love your ocean sprayThe dark waves of green and greyUpon the rocks they breakPounding in my soulBound for a marriage my father madeTo a man who is twice my ageHe has a fine estateOr so I'm toldYankee clippers on the bayHave come to take my heart awayFar down to Charleston TownOn Carolina's coastOld ragamuffin manMade by my mother's handsThis and some odds and endsAre all that I ownBound for a marriage my father madeLetras de cancionesTo a man who is twice my ageHe has a fine estateOr so I'm toldFar from the sea he livesIn the western wildernessWhere the Alabama sunWill burn me brownBound for a marriage my father madeTo a man who is twice my ageHe has a fine estateOr so I'm told From Letras Mania