G    Am              C         
Ever flaming eyes of green 
        Em                 C 
But the loneliest you have seen 
G            Am              C 
Stands there barefoot by the shore 
       Em                           A 
Like a widows walk that hears their dour 
 
C                           G 
And a voice she's heard not seen 
    D    C                   G                     
For many years she's sailed alone 
C                      G 
Merry but one day when he 
        D      C                           G 
Went a-whalin' on and then goes on, his Kathleen 
 
Silently she holds within 
Like a proud and beautiful she is 
Faith like no-one ever said 
And her reasons won't belay her fears 
 
Would the cruel stormy sea 
Take her love and just never tell life when 
And each day, Kathleen 
She will beg the spirits of the wind, for Kathleen 
 
Why she'd be upon her knee 
Begs the spirit of the wind 
Send him safely home from sea 
So that love undecided can bloom again, for Kathleen