Farewell Goodbye My Darling... Poem by Mark Heathcote

Farewell, goodbye my darling
The world is now turning
And the tide has outreached
Any shore I can still trace
Without a beating heart
Or ageing senile mind!

Farewell, goodbye my darling
Farewell, my life goodbye my darling
Oh the hour is near - I must go'
Back over the white scrolling foam
And sink like an island
Within the footprints of you and me
Skinny dipping still in my soul

Oh, farewell goodbye my darling
The world is now turning
Like an old schooner in the wind
With seven sails seven oceans
To sail, to sail, to sail
Without a scent of you - crosswind
My darling, my wife, my life.

Oh, farewell goodbye my darling
Farewell and goodbye my darling
I'm going now three sheets to the wind
I'm going to drink and drown in an ocean
Without you, my love,
Without you, my love, without you
Without you, my love, without you
My turtle dove!