Carry Me Out To Sea Lyrics

I live in the middle west

At the edge of a great wide plain

Where the rolling hills turn green in summer

And the rivers run with rain

My dad's dad and his dad too

They worked the good green earth

But my grandfather's grandfather

Was a sailing man by birth

And it's a far far cry from where I am

To where I want to be

So put me on a sailing ship

And carry me out to sea

I've loved the life I've loved the land

But my hands are caked with dirt

I long to sing the sailor's song

And wear the cap and shirt

Sometimes I fall to dreaming

In the middle of the day

The clouds sail by above me

And the cornfields fade away

And it's a far far cry from where I am

To where I want to be

So put me on a sailing ship

And carry me out to sea

And it's a far far cry from where I am

To where I want to be

So put me on a sailing ship

And carry me out to sea