Over miles of ocean blue
Straight my ship sails home to you,
For I know you’re sure to wait
In the orchard, by the gate.
When I go to fight the bear
In the woodpile, growling there,
Kind and bravely near you sit
Begging me beware of it.
Once, when in the reeds we hid
Just the way the pirates did,
Safe I guarded you from harm.
Oh, how much a man can dare
When he has a lady fair!
For your soldier I was made
All the times you are afraid.
