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SOURCE:
M2834 - NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM 1879 sea trip diaries NOTE: song roughly hand-written nostalgic song typical of the era SITE SOURCE: Sydney Folklore Project - Section 7: MARITIME The Fisherman's DaughterWhy are you wandering alone by the shoreWhere the wind blows cold and the wild breakers roar? Oh, I am wandering alone by the sea To watch my father is returning to me. For the gale it blows hard in the darkness of night And I've watched here since the dawning of light Looking with tears over the dark rolling sea To watch of my father's returning to me. To watch of my father's returning to me. Last night when my father past forth on the deep To our cottage returning I lay down to sleep But while the sweet calm of sleep come to me He voice of the tempest is waking the sea One thought in a dream 'twas my father that spoke But oh, the voice of the tempest I woke
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