Isaac Lewis

Intro: verse 1 My name is Isaac Lewis, I'm an able-bodied man On the ship the Royal Charter, bound off for Van Diemen's Land Oh, the sea that took six months to cross, we could do in two So it's up that Mersey River, out of Liverpool we flew verse 2 And some of us were sailors, all hardy, young and old And some of us were pioneers, bound off for the gold There were merchants and musicians, Christian soldiers of the cross We stared into that foamy sea, saw our dreams there in the broth Sail on, sail on and on and on My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song verse 3 So we landed there in Botany Bay, and the boys went on the town And I met a girl named Gray, I loved her up and down And I swore that I'd return for her, one more tour at sea But I had to tell my father what he meant to me verse 4 For every night, I dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales And I reached out for my father, I said, "I love you very much," But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch Sail on, sail on and on and on My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song Verse 5 So I kissed the lips of Gray and set sail for Liverpool And the parrots perched in the riggings, boys and the dolphins swam in schools Our trip, it was a pleasant one, till we reached the coast of Wales And one day out from Liverpool, god unleashed a gale Verse 6 Good lord, I've seen some squalls, me boys and hurricanes at sea And many nights I'd rediscovered, faith on bended knee But I never seen it blow so hard, we anchored her at last But the waves rolled o'er the top of us, we had to cut the mast Verse 7 And all the mining magnates clutched their gold, believing they'd be saved But their bloody greed destroyed them first, beneath the angry waves All the women and the children, lost to eternity Ah, man has tamed and shaped the land, he'll never tame the sea Verse 8 And every night I had dreamed a dream, as the wind swept through the sails That I was in my father's house, back in northern Wales And I reached for my father, I said, "I love you very much," But the ship rolled o'er and the dream was drowned before we got to touch Sail on, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm hmmm, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm Verse 9 We were caught upon the rocks, just ten yards from the shore And we saw men standing on the rocks, maybe three or more And I swear I saw my father waving at me through the squall And I screamed that I was coming home, that's all that I recall verse 10 For the waves they swept me overboard with the broken mast and sails And I drowned, where as a child I'd fished, on the rocks of northern Wales And in three days time I washed up on the whitened sandy shore One hundred yards from Moelfre and my father's white oak door Sail on, sail on and on and on My name is Isaac Lewis, this shall be my song verse 11 And some will shout coincidence, or say this can't be true I only say, just tell your loved ones what they mean to you For you shall sail the seas of life, pursuing golden schemes Yet, drown so closely to your home, the cradle of your dreams Sail on, sail on and on and on My name is Isaac Lewis and this has been my song My name is Isaac Lewis and this has been my song