17.04.2019
The lights of the Scheldt
It's over again, we're sailing back homeIt's only a few weeks
A few times on guard, and then I'll return home
We'll speak eachother again then
So, this is the last letter I'm writing you
Look well in the newspaper tonight
Then you'll know exactly where I am and I stay
Before I'll return again to the country
When I see the lights of the Scheldt
My heart beats a little faster
I know you'll wait for me
And that you'll stand on the quay
When I see the lights of the Scheldt
it's like I'm looking in your eyes
that are telling me so much lovely things
I'm like a prince, so rich
You know, my love, that I love you a lot
I don't have to explain that to you
A sailor is fond of his wife and his children,
But still he has to sail again
But if the sea has something against me
And I'll be damaged forever
Think of the children, and try to live again
But tell them so often of me
When I see the lights of the Scheldt
My heart beats a little faster
I know you'll wait for me
And that you'll stand on the quay
When I see the lights of the Scheldt
it's like I'm looking in your eyes
that are telling me so much lovely things
I'm like a prince, so rich