DEAR ELIZABETH

by Jacqui MacDonald



Dear Elizabeth, I hope this letter finds you just the same as

it leaves me

Dear Elizabeth, we had a storm, a Northwest gale at sea

Dear Elizabeth, we sail at noon, I'll bring you a present back

Dear Elizabeth, I'll se you soon, Goodbye for now, yours, Jack



My great-great grandfather sailed the seas in a clipper as mate

He was born in Carneyshiels in 1828

And he courted dear Elizabeth, who saved each letter from her

beau

Now I've read each one, each verse a tear, yet I feel all aglow



His letters weren't the usual ones, full of "I love you, my dear"

No kisses, no forget me nots, but still one thing was clear

He loved her dearly in his way, as a sailor honest and rough

For the way he began each sentence, to her was quite enough

So now I sigh and shed a tear about that man so fine

And think that's what Elizabeth did each time she read a line

And as she was a sitting there at home and as he sailed on the sea

They never knew his letters few would do the same to me



sung by Jacqui and Bridie

@courtship @sailor

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