The night was black, rain falling down   Look for my baby, she's nowhere around   Traced her footsteps down to the shore   Afraid she's gone for evermore      I looked at the sea and it seemed to say   I took your baby from you away   I heard a voice cryin' in 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 has gone from me      I looked at the sea      Ran in the water, heart full of fear   There in the breakers I saw her near   Reached for my darling, held her to me   Stole her away from the angry sea      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      Endless sleep   Endless sleep   Endless sleep