Chords for The Ship That Never Returned (John White)

_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ On the summer day, [F] by the way, were [C] reckoned with a quiet [E] and [G] gentle _ _ breeze.
[C] A ship set sail, [F] the cargo laid [C] into a port [D] beyond [C] the seas.
They were fond of the well, [F] their sweet loving signals while on [C] form was yet [G] _ discerned.
[C] For they knew it [F] not, for the solemn parting [C] of the ship, [G] let never [C] return.
Oh, will she ever return?
Oh, [F] she'll never return, [C] and her fate is [G] still _ _ unlearned.
And [C] for years and years, [F] vampires have waited for [C] this ship, [D] let never [C] return. _
[F#] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
Said a brave young lad to [F] his aged mother, I [C] must cross the [G] deep blue _ sea.
On [C] her chance, someday in [F] a foreign [C] country there'd be health [G] and [C] wealth for me.
There's a gleam of hope in [F] the maze of danger, while [C] her heart for her [G] longed is sworn.
Yet [C] she sent him off with [F] a smile and a blessing [C] on the ship [A] that [D] never [C] returned.
Oh, did she ever return?
Oh, [F] she'll never return, and [C] her fate is still [G] _ unlearned.
And [C] for years and years, [F] vampires have waited for [C] this ship, [G] let never [C] return. _
[B] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Only one more [F] trip, said a gal, Captain [C] Massey Keys, his [G] weeping wife.
[C] Only one more bag [F] of that golden treasure [C] to last [D] us [C] all through life.
Then we'll settle [F] down in our cosy cottage [C] and enjoy the [D] rest [G] we've earned.
[C] But alas, poor man, [F] he's still commander [C] of the ship [G] that never [C] returned.
_ Oh, will she ever return?
Oh, [F] she'll never return, [C] and her fate is still [G] _
unlearned.
And [C] for years and years, [F] vampires have waited [C] for this ship, let [D] never [C]
return.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _