The night was dark, rain falling down   Looked for my baby she’s nowhere around   Traced her footsteps down to the shore   ‘Fraid she’s gone forever more      I looked at the sea and it seemed to say   I took your baby from you away   I heard a voice crying in the deep   Come join me baby in my endless sleep      Why did we quarrel, why did we fight   Why did I leave her alone tonight   That’s why her footsteps ran into the sea   That’s why my baby is gone from me      I looked at the sea and it seemed to say   I took your baby from you away   I heard a voice crying in the deep   Come join me baby in my endless sleep      Ran in the water, heart full of fear   There in the breakers I saw her near   Reached for my baby, held her to me   Stole her away from the endless sleep      I looked at the sea and it seemed to say   You took your baby from me away   My heart cried out, she’s mine to keep   I saved my baby from that endless sleep...