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I. Over the bay as our boat went sailing / Under the skies of Augustine, / Far to the East lay the ocean paling / Under the skies of Augustine. -- / There, in the boat as we sat together, / Soft in the glow of the turquoise weather, / Light as the foam or a seagull's feather, / Fair of form and of face serene, / Sweet at my side I felt you lean, / As over the bay our boat went sailing / Under the skies of Augustine.
II. Over the bay as our boat went sailing / Under the skies of Augustine, / Pine and palm, to the West, hung, trailing / Under the skies of Augustine. -- / Was it the wind that sighed above you? / Was it the wave that whispered of you? / Was it my soul that said "I love you"? / Was it your heart that murmured between, / Answering, shy as a bird unseen? / As over the bay our boat went sailing / Under the skies of Augustine.