Beneath the Island Light-Bertie Higgins

[ti:Beneath the Island Light] [ar:Bertie Higgins] [al:Pirates and Poets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]Beneath the Island Light - Bertie Higgins [00:01.80]Composed by：Higgins Elbert Joseph/Jeffrey D Pinkham/Limbo Sonny [00:30.89]Seems to me I've been to sea [00:33.77]Sailing near a year now [00:38.15]But brightly off my starboard bow [00:40.87]The island light is clear now [00:45.32]You whirled across the tavern floor [00:47.69]Shining like that lighthouse beacon [00:52.19]Guided me in said come be my friend [00:54.67]And offered me the wine that I'd been seeking [01:00.10]Come glide with me upon the gulfstream [01:05.80]Come lie with me upon the waves [01:12.34]Captured in my pirate's dream [01:14.38]My maiden upon the bay [01:19.35]Close upon the shoreline [01:21.08]Where the nor'wester winds won't bite [01:26.02]Oh what night [01:28.47]Beneath the island light [01:31.40]Whoa what a night [01:33.82]Beneath the island light [01:38.81]You were like a southern wind [01:41.01]Blowing warm as you came to me [01:45.83]Like a treasured smuggler's friend [01:48.03]Even though you hardly knew me [01:53.11]Do not fear the buccaneer [01:55.29]Who claimed you as his plunder [01:59.97]Off Mexico a fortnight ago [02:02.09]Far from shore our cannons roared and he went under [02:07.74]Come glide with me upon the gulfstream [02:13.55]Come lie with me upon the waves [02:19.94]Captured in my pirate's dream [02:21.96]My maiden upon the bay [02:27.10]Close upon the shoreline [02:28.83]Where the nor'wester winds won't bite [02:33.71]Oh what a night [02:36.09]Beneath the island light [02:38.65]Whoa what a night [02:41.60]Beneath the island light [02:45.15]There's a fire inside of me that's burning [02:50.10]I can see the flames a dancing in your eyes [02:55.65]To sky and the sea we'll take our yearning [03:02.04]We'll roll like the ocean [03:06.87]'Til it dies [03:12.57]Come glide with me upon the gulfstream [03:18.09]Come lie with me upon the waves [03:24.83]Captured in my pirate's dream [03:26.62]My maiden upon the bay [03:31.82]Close upon the shoreline [03:33.55]Where the nor'wester winds won't bite [03:38.30]Oh what a night [03:40.84]Beneath the island light [03:43.44]Whoa what a night [03:46.33]Beneath the island light [03:51.92]Beneath the island light [03:57.29]Beneath the island light