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If I Were The Ocean And You Were The Shore

from Some Popular Songs From 1914 by Hundred Years Late

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Hear this song from Canada's Archive, as performed by Henry Burr...
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/m2/f7/31387149.mp3

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Dear-heart, sweetheart,
you'll never know how I love you
I sit alone by the ocean so blue
Sighing for you, crying for you.
Softly, gently,
sea waves are kissing the shore
And as I listen to each sweet caress
My heart repeats o'er and o'er

If I were the ocean and you were the shore
I'd flow with my love, dear, to you
On every wave I would send you a kiss
I'd be so constant and true.
And when storms were raging far over the main,
close to your side I would stay.
If I were the ocean and you were the shore
I'd be kissing you all the day.

Moonlight, starlight,
light up the waters with splendour
Night winds are sleeping and nature is glad
My heart is sad, my soul is mad.
Morning dawning
finds me alone on the shore
And as the stars kiss the ocean goodnight
My heart repeats o'er and o'er

If I were the ocean and you were the shore
I'd flow with my love, dear, to you
On every wave I would send you a kiss
I'd be so constant and true.
And when storms were raging far over the main,
close to your side I would stay.
If I were the ocean and you were the shore
I'd be kissing you all the day.

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from Some Popular Songs From 1914, released December 15, 2014
Written by Jack Wells & Al Bryan.

Arranged, performed, recorded, and produced by David Nelligan for Hundred Years Late.

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Hundred Years Late is a music archive revival project. The aim is to encourage engagement with music archives, specifically the music of a hundred years ago, by inviting modern musicians to reinterpret archived songs. Follow the blog at hundredyearslate.com ... more

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