The night was dark, rain falling down

Looked for my baby she's nowhere around

Traced her footsteps down to the shore

‘Fraid she's gone forever more



I looked at the sea and it seemed to say

I took your baby from you away

I heard a voice crying in the deep

Come join me baby in my endless sleep



Why did we quarrel, why did we fight

Why did I leave her alone tonight

That's why her footsteps ran into the sea

That's why my baby is gone from me



I looked at the sea and it seemed to say

I took your baby from you away

I heard a voice crying in the deep

Come join me baby in my endless sleep



Ran in the water, heart full of fear

There in the breakers I saw her near

Reached for my baby, held her to me

Stole her back from the endless sleep



I looked at the sea and it seemed to say

You took your baby from me away

My heart cried out, she's mine to keep

I saved my baby from that endless sleep