WAVE THE OCEAN, WAVE THE SEA

The prettiest girl I ever saw
Stood on the banks of the Arkansas.
Her cheeks were red and her eyes were green,
The prettiest thing that ever I'd seen.

CHORUS (after each verse):
Wave the ocean. Wave the sea.
Wave that pretty girl back to me.
Wave the ocean and wave the sand.
Wave this way and wave again.
Back, turn, and swing.

I courted her a many a night.
We strolled the lane with hearts alight.
Before I asked her for her hand,
My country called me to a foreign land.

It was three long years till I returned.
I wasn't ready for what I learned.
As I set sail on a silver tide,
A fever had stolen away my bride.

I'll go down to the silver strand
Where waves come crashing upon the land.
I'll take this ring that was for my bride
And throw it into the rolling tide.