Blessed Winds

An Edinburgh Shanty Night original, music & lyrics by Adam Muir

Floating here in Salt & Sea

Heaven I am helpless

A lonely ocean carries me

Heaven I am helpless

We sailed aboard the Blessed Winds

Heaven I am helpless

From youth where all great tales begin

Heaven I am helpless

I left my love, I kissed her hand

Heaven I am helpless

Said I'd return a richer man

Heaven I am helpless

When the gales ran wild we stood our ground

Heaven I am helpless

Let howling rain not wear us down

Heaven I am helpless

But the Father storm will have his pay

Heaven I am helpless

And I watched my brothers washed away

Heaven I am helpless

The sea she broke the Blessed Winds

Heaven I am helpless

She took my home, she took my friends

Heaven I am helpless

I watched the Blessed Winds go down

Heaven I am helpless

Forgive me friends, for I'm undrowned

Heaven I am helpless

Will my love wake, or dream of me?

Heaven I am helpless

Will my spirit haunt her as she sleeps?

Heaven I am helpless

And now alone in salt & sea

Heaven I am helpless

No Blessed Winds to carry me

Heaven I am helpless