Twas on one dark and stormy night   The snow was on the ground   The sailor boy was at his post   His ship was outward bound      His sweetheart standing by his side   She mourned a bitter tear   Though as he pressed her to his side   He whispered in her ear      Farewell, my own true love   This parting gives me pain   And you will be my guiding star   Till I return again      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]      And then I think of you, my love   While storms are raging high   Then oh, sweetheart, remember me   Your faithful sailor boy      'Twas sad to say the ship returned   Without the sailor boy   For he had died while on the sea   His flag was held most high      Farewell, my own true love   This parting gives me pain   And you will be my guiding star   Till I return again      [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]      And as his shipmate steps on shore   To tell that he was dead   The letter that he gave to her   These words it sadly read      Farewell, my own true love   On earth we'll meet no more   So may we meet in heaven above   Where parting is no more