Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss   It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this   The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go   Will you wait for me, darlin?? I need to know      Well, you know I?m a sailor and tomorrow we sail   It?s a hard way of livin? but I know it well   And if I surrender my life to the sea   You can marry another, it?s alright with me      Though we won?t be together again ?til the spring   Just imagine the treasures I?ll bring      Come lay with me, stay with me, soon I?ll be gone   I will remember you all winter long   And when I return to the one that I miss   Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss, the sweeter the kiss      When the mornings are warm and the valleys are green   I?ll come back from wherever I?ve been      Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss   It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this   The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go   I will give up the ocean forever, I know, forever, I know      Oh, the longer the waiting the sweeter the kiss   It?s better my darlin?, I promise you this   The next time I hold you I?m not lettin? go   I will give up the ocean forever, I know, forever, I know