Though I never meant you wrong,
mine’d be a liar’s tongue
if I said I didn’t know a day would come
when I’d have to set you free.
Oh, it’s true we’ve shared this road,
and we’ve each borne each other’s load,
but for years I’d been betrothed
and now I’m married to the sea.

I got married to the sea,
and I can’t have none other but she.
And sweetheart, it’s true
that I’ll always love you
but I’m married to that sea.

I thought I’d a bachelor’s fate,
and we swore to our parents we’d wait,
that this privilege we’d abdicate
in solidarity.
Oh, but I was seduced by the rite,
and my bride and I took up in flight,
and the state won’t recognize it
but I’m married to the sea.

I got married to the sea;
from now on, that’s all that I’ll be.
At some point it’s too late
to go trading your fate;
guess I’m married to the sea.

I am married to the sea,
and sometimes I wish it were thee.
But I gave my word
that a lifetime I’d serve;
so I’m married to that sea.

I am wedded to that sea,
and I can’t make a home for us three.
And you deserve a lad
better’n this one you’ve had:
but I belong to that sea,
and she belongs to me.