My love came to me on a summer ray And they married us on a perfect day And we made such plans of a better life My husband and his ever bride For I am in love and there is no cure Desire now and for evermore The time to come oh I will adore I sail the waves with you in my heart In the August light we came back to town And we kept our peace as we settled down Then the Navy man, he came to our door And he told us that there was a war But if my love should leave, life would bear no joy So I dressed myself as a cabin boy Then I volunteered on that self-same day And we put to sea bound for far away For I am in love and there is no cure I'll be by your side now and evermore The time to come oh I will adore I fight the waves with you in my heart So the weeks pulled by and we soldiered on But I knew by then there was something wrong And I lost wit as I fell by the gun And when the surgeon came, all my strength had gone I heard you cry when you stroked my hair And your tears fell down through the brimstone air What came of our plans for a better life? My husband For I am in love and there is no cure I leave you now and for evermore Remember me now as you did before Beneath the waves with you in my heart