Wrapped in the weeds of the shallows In the moon's drifting light Calling from the cold, wet rocks The sea rose of the low tides A passing ship along the coast Heard her sadly calling And turned its sails to the sound The rose, the sea rose calling In the waves, the waves she's calling Lonely, lonely, my heart is dark The rocks lie cold beneath me Come closer, closer darling one We'll marry in the sea weed On the passing ship, a sailor boy He heard the sea rose calling And from the bow he dove on down To the waves, the waves, falling The waves, the waves were falling Come, come darling boy Into my arms awaiting Down, down in the cold Dark sea I'm waiting here to love you To her arms, her lovely arms The currents pulled him splashing But her body was only foaming waves And her voice just water rushing In the waves the sea rose falling In the waves, the waves, my darling The waves, the sea rose calling