Lyrics
(verse 1) Have you heard the wonderous tale of June?
Willful girl who yearned for something new.
Listened to a captain calling all crewmen aboard-
“Come marry to the sea forever--more,”
And something in her heart began to stir.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 2) Stowed away, content, she began to sleep;
Dreaming of a sailor lost at sea.
From the deep he reached to her through heavy ocean weeds.
His stormy eyes begged her with a plea;
As the ship rolled out upon the sea.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 3) In her sleep she moved up to the rail.
The billow of her gown took like a sail.
On the midnight watch a passing sailor thought he heard
Just the flutter of a restless bird
Nothing on the ship had even stirred.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 4) Captain nor the crew they never knew
How they’d lost a stowaway named June.
‘til one night a ghost in white upon the deck appeared,
And frightened them into the murky pale.
Without a crew the ship began to sail.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 5) In the village town the good men searched.
For the maiden June they’d feared the worst.
But with the tide a ship arrived and on middecks the girl
In a gown made of glistening pearls;
Borrowed from the blue enchanted world.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 6) Standing with her was the sailor man
Raven hair that hung in heavy strands.
To look at him it made you feel inclined to look away,
Pallid skin and eyes of stormy grey
No one breathed for fear of what he’d say.
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
(call) June, bride of the sea.
(verse 7) Told them all this tale of death and life
From the sea they’d come back man and wife.
Something old and something new had come from sailor lore;
Married to the sea forever more.
June, bride of the sea, forever more.
(bridge) Upon the sea she drowned
But there a husband found
Beautiful June-bride forever more.
June, bride of the sea, forever more
(chorus) Heave-ho, and up she rises
June, bride of the sea.
June, bride of the sea.