"A Sailor's Wife"

Once I knew a sailorman by name of Tom McGhee
He wasn't wed but four short months when he joined a ship at sea
He joined a ship at sea, me boys, the ocean for to roam
And from the day that he left til he came back he wasn't missed at home

So keep an eye on the weathercock and the other one out to sea
And the day I spy his ship come home its farwell to Mrs McGhee

Its by an Irish folk-rock band called Spud - the opening track of their second album "The Happy Handful".

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