Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home

He's gone he's gone

He wanted me for to marry
My papa he said no
Said that he didn't like him
Told him that he would have to go

He's gone he's gone

I led him down to the water
Watched him sail away
Left me there broken-hearted
Broken-hearted and all alone

He's gone he's gone

Gonna write me a letter
Gonna send it on the foam
Gonna send it to my baby
Gonna beg him to come home

He's gone he's gone