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-artist: nat king cole-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).
{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
{she sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue
}
Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea
}
Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
<instrumental interlude>
Swift wings you must borrow
Make straight for the shore
We marry tomorrow
And she goes sailing no more
{red sails in the sunset
}
Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
Oh, carry my loved one
{home safely to me
}
{bracketed words are sung by nat in unison with background singers
}(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)
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