Bert Jansch - Wayward Child lyrics

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There lay a dying sailor weeping

So far he'd wandered from the south,

As he lay upon the burning sand

The children gather to watch his passing.

He'd swum the seven seas before him

And danced upon the stormy breakers.

But now dying alone is all that's left for him

And death a shining slowly beckons.

And rolling in last veil of sunshine

Sheds light upon his dying hours.

But still strong in his urgent will to live

For he tries again to reach the water.

And turning away still ring the voices

Of children laughing o'er the murky waters,

And somewhere I hear the silent singing

Calling on the wayward child.