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I. Sailing away on a summer sea, / Out of the bleak March weather; / Drifting away for a loaf and play, / Just you and I together; / And it's good-bye worry and good-bye hurry / And never a care have we; / With the sea below and the sun above / And nothing to do but dream and love, / Sailing away together.
Sailing away from the grim old town / And tasks the town calls duty; / Sailing away from walls of grey / To a land of bloom and beauty, / And it's good-bye to letters from our lessers and our betters, / To the cold world's smile or its frown. / We sail away on a sunny track / To find the summer and bring it back / And love is our only duty.