Songwriter: Bertie Higgins
Producer: Scott MacLellan Sonny Limbo
Marianna comes to me
With a seashell to her ear
Listening to my world through her golden hair
She hears my ocean near
Her eyes have been begging for my sail
Her sunsets, they come and go
Her young heart has been running so fast
But the tide, she moves so slow
Marianna comes to me
At the cafe at the break of day
Sitting there, she warms my tea
And begs for me to play
Her Mercedes is flying now
'Cross Barbados toward the sea
Running naked in the salty waves
My young heart begins to sing
And I'll sing
La da da da da de ay
I need the trade winds upon my face
La da da da da de ay
The mariner must find his place
La da da da da de aye
Blow the candle out at night
La da da da da de aye
It's not my time to take a wife
Someday when my sails cannot pull me out
And the wind, she forgets to blow
The fish, they ain't so plentiful
Ooh, the sea, she is dying slow
My compass, he will turn to me
With the wisdom in his eye
I'll be reaching for the shore and her gentle hand
To hold until I die
And I'll sing
La da da da da de ay
I've had the trade winds upon my face
La da da da da de ay
The mariner has found his place
La da da da da de aye
Don't blow the candle out at night
La da da da da de aye
It's now my time to take a wife
With a seashell to her ear
Listening to my world through her golden hair
She hears my ocean near
Her eyes have been begging for my sail
Her sunsets, they come and go
Her young heart has been running so fast
But the tide, she moves so slow
Marianna comes to me
At the cafe at the break of day
Sitting there, she warms my tea
And begs for me to play
Her Mercedes is flying now
'Cross Barbados toward the sea
Running naked in the salty waves
My young heart begins to sing
And I'll sing
La da da da da de ay
I need the trade winds upon my face
La da da da da de ay
The mariner must find his place
La da da da da de aye
Blow the candle out at night
La da da da da de aye
It's not my time to take a wife
Someday when my sails cannot pull me out
And the wind, she forgets to blow
The fish, they ain't so plentiful
Ooh, the sea, she is dying slow
My compass, he will turn to me
With the wisdom in his eye
I'll be reaching for the shore and her gentle hand
To hold until I die
And I'll sing
La da da da da de ay
I've had the trade winds upon my face
La da da da da de ay
The mariner has found his place
La da da da da de aye
Don't blow the candle out at night
La da da da da de aye
It's now my time to take a wife
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Pirates and Poets (1983)
Bertie Higgins popular songs
- Casablanca
- Key Largo
- Leah
- She’s Gone to Live on the Mountain
- Candledancer
- Just Another Day in Paradise
- Port O’ Call (Savannah ’55)
- Down at the Blue Moon
- The Tropics
- Miami Moon
- Jamaica Farewell
- Kokomo
- Montego Bay
- The Heart Is the Hunter
- Pirates and Poets
- When You Fall in Love (Like I Fell in Love with You)
- Tokyo Joe
- As Time Goes By
- Under a Blue Moon
- Beneath the Island Light
- Only Yesterday
- Marianna
- Pleasure Pier
- Never Looking Back