Madeline,
Please tell your sister,
Tell her I'll miss her,
But I have to go.
Madeline,
Tell her I love her,
But please don't tell her, what she shouldn't have to know;
How I fell in love with you.
How my heart was seldom to.
Just say I've gone and drowched the sea.
And Madeline, come fine me. Oh.
Madeline,
You'll hear her heart break,
But please for her sake,
You must stay strong.
Madeline,
You'll hear her weakness,
But if you weaken,
Then have this song, how I fell in love with you.
How my heart was seldom to.
Then say I've gone across the sea.
Oh, Madeline,
Come find,
And a day will come,
When she must learn the truth.
And she'll write, how I stole away your youth.
Then she'll sail across the sea to find me, with you.
She'll ask why,
And I'll reply:
She reminded me of you.
She was just your age,
The very same stage.
So soft, so pure.
Madeline,
I was born, and,
I had a sickness.
You are my cure.
How I fell inlove with you.
How my heart was seldom to.
When you've washed away her tears,
Come sail across the sea.
Sweet Madeline,
Here I'll be, oh.