The Last Serenade (Sailors And Fishermen)

Sailors and fishermen

Go down to the harbor where many good souls set sail

But the ships they have gone

With the hake and the cod

Never to return again

With our nets lives are torn

Wo a captain forevermore

All a boats requiem haunt the waves

With no hands upon deck

And no love waving back

Oh darling, we’ve lost our way

So hail to the sailors and fishermen

And hail to their last serenade

Tinkers and travelers

Born to our caravans

No ivy grows wild round their door

Like the horse and the car,

There’s no turning back

So welcome to our fixed abode

They say a song’s never done while the songs still being sung,

But a voice with the road disappears

Our traditions now spent,

With no cash for the rent,

Left standing with no place to go

So hail to the sailors and the fishermen

And hail to their ghost that remains

So goodbye to you dreamers, you vagabonds and true believers,

Along may you sing once again

I said, long may you sing once again

Lai da di, di di di

Lai da di, di di di

Lai da di, di di di

Lai da di, di di di

Lai da di, di di di

Lai

May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)

Take you there

May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life take you there (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)

May this life, may this life (Lai da di, di di di)

Take you there

Ah hail to the sailors and fishermen

And hail to their ghost that remain

So goodbye to you dreamers, vagabonds and true believers

Along may you sing once again

Said goodbye to you dreamers, you vagabonds and true believers

Along may you sing once again