Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

from Alone on the Wide Wide Sea by Craig Edwards

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Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still (late 19th century)
Collected by Anne and Frank Warner from Tink Tillis on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The thoughts of a lonely sailor on a dark night far out at sea.

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Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still

It’s been a year since last we met
We may never meet again
I have struggled to forget
But the struggle was in vain
For her voice lives on the breeze
And her spirit comes at will

In the midnight on the seas
Her bright smile haunts me still
In the midnight on the seas
Her bright smile haunts me still

I have sailed a falling sky
I have charted hazard’s path
I have seen the storm arise
Like a giant in his wrath
Every danger I have known
That a reckless life can fill

Though her presence is now flown
Her bright smile haunts me still
Though her presence is now flown
Her bright smile haunts me still

At the first sweet dawn of light
When I gaze upon the deep
Her form still greets my sight
While the stars their vigil keep
When I close my aching eyes
Sweet dreams my memory fill

And from sleep when I arise
Her bright smile haunts me still
And from sleep when I arise
Her bright smile haunts me still

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from Alone on the Wide Wide Sea, released August 9, 2022

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Craig Edwards New London, Connecticut

I play American roots music, from Appalachian fiddle and banjo tunes to Zydeco accordion. For nearly four decades i worked as a staff musician at Mystic Seaport Museum, demonstrating the use of chanteys, or sailor work songs, aboard the museum's collection of historic ships. I've plumbed the depths of sailor music, from the African American origins of chanteys to world maritime traditions. ... more

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