The night was black, rain fallin' 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 cryin' 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 has gone from me. Well I looked at the sea and it seemed to say I took your baby from you away I heard a voice cryin' 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 darlin', held her to me Stole her away from the angry sea Well 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 an endless sleep. I saved my baby from an endless sleep.