Merrimac Ferry

O Carry me o'er this red water river Where my love waits on the western shore Take me across on the Merrimac Ferry For one last embrace ere I go off to war O Merrimac Ferry won't you please hurry To carry my love from the eastern shore The season is warming, the soldiers are must'ring Soon he'll be gone and he'll hold me no more The thaw has ended, the robins returning Nature beckons our entwining hearts I'll cross once more on the Merrimac Ferry Ere my regiment departs These sweltering summers I swim in the river And dream of my love's return I hear from Papa the tales of the battles Oh how our country does burn Since I gazed last upon my lovely Three bloody summers have passed I lost me a leg and I won me a medal Now I return to her at last I received a letter of my love's homecoming Hurry Merrimac Ferry to bring him! Autumn approaches, the water grows choppy Today is the season's last swim Early autumn descends on the red water river Where my love drown'd off the western shore O Merrimac Ferry carry me to her So we'll be together forevermore November 5, 2016