Lady love, go back to sleep
   Dry the tears from your eyes
   But I cannot stay with thee
   Until the morning
   For the dawn is breaking
   And my ship is waiting for me
   And I must go
   But I'll be back, yes
   Before this year is over
  
   And we sailed across the sea
   Till we found America
   Round the Cape of Storms
   We set our sails for home
   And when the sea was roaring
   And the Lord I called
   To help my drowning men
   I saw the light, yes, the candle in your window
  
   And I have brought you silver
   And I have brought you gold
   And spices from the Indies in the hold
   And I've seen ships on the horizon
   That I'd swear were going down
   And now I know for certain
   The world is round
   I have seen, my eyes have seen
  
   Oh, one day said Galileo
   A man will reach the sky
   And see the world completely
   From outside
   And gazing down from yonder
   On a world of blue and green
   He'll say with eyes of wonder
   I have seen, I have seen
   My eyes have seen