Long White Veil

Every night the dream's the same

Every time I speak her name

Black and shiny eyes appear

In a long white veil

If only I could touch her skin

If only I could lie within

If only I could see her face

'Neath the long white veil

Long white veil

I married her, I carried her

On the very same day I buried her

In the cemetery plot by her mother

Though she never gave a thought to her mother

But she looked so pale

In that long white veil

Long white veil

Long white veil

Long white veil

Long white veil

And how when she fell in with me

I stole her from the canneries

We'd pitch along the harborside

In our wind-filled sails

But now when all the lights go dim

Something starts its crawling in

All I can do is hush and wait

For that long white veil

Long white veil

I married her, I carried her

On the very same day I ferried her

'Cross the channel in the cold, dark water

And in the evening how a chill had caught her

And she looked so pale

In our lateen sails

Like a long white veil

Long white veil

Long white veil

Long white veil