A song about the need to travel
Words: Gerald Gould Music: H. Walford Davis (1915)
Lyrics:
1: Beyond the East the sunrise,
beyond the West the sea,
And East and West the wander thirst
that will not let me be;
If works in me like madness dear,
to bid me say Goodbye;
For the seas call and the stars call,
and oh! the call of the sky.
2: I know not where there white road runs,
not what the blue hills are,
But a girl can have the sun for a friend,
and for her guide a star;
And there's no end of voyaging
when once the voice is heard,
For the river calls and the road calls,
and oh! the call of a bird.
3: Yonder the long horizon lies,
and there by night and day
The old ships draw to home again;
the young ships sail away;
And come I may, but go I must,
and if they ask you why,
You may put the blame on the stars and the sun
and white road and the sky.
Appears in: Kent Country Song Book
