The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12472   Message #1743626
Posted By: Tinker
18-May-06 - 10:27 PM
Thread Name: Mudcat Campfire
Subject: RE: Mudcat Campfire
Mmario, this was one of the oldest songs we sang at camp, but your's seems to be different --- You might know the tune as "black socks"

WHITE WINGS
(Banks Winter, 1912)

Sail! home, as straight as an arrow,
My yacht shoots along on the crest of the sea;
Sail! home, to sweet Maggie Darrow,
In her dear little home
She is waiting for me.

High up! where cliffs they are craggy
There's where, the girl of my heart waits for me
Heigh! ho, I long for you, Maggie
I'll spread out my "White Wings"
And sail home to thee.

Yo! ho, how we go!
Oh! how the winds blow!
"White Wings" they never grow weary,
They carry me cherrily over the sea.
Night comes, I long for my dearie,
I'll spread out my "White Wings"
And sail home to thee.