I'll put my ship in order And I will sail back to the sea And I'll listen at your window To see if my true love's mind's on me When I come into the harbour The burning Thames I have to cross And I'll whisper at the window "Oh my true love, are you alone?" 'Cause I'm here and I'm outside your window The rain is soaking to the skin The prison walls I'm scaling The chains that bind me down The clay will not contain me And keep me from your arms So where is the colour I used to know Your cheeks they look so pale Mary, the ground has changed me And I'm just the ghost of your Willy oh 'Cause I'm here and I'm outside your window The rain is soaking to the skin The prison walls I'm scaling The chains that bind me down The clay will not contain me And keep me from your arms So hold out your arm To the joy To the kiss From me now For I must return To the dark To the dead Before light Ohohohoh And so I sing unto the morning Oh sun don't rise before the day Birds, hold your tunes a bit longer For dawn comes to steal my sweet one away