Fare Thee Well

Fare Thee Well

What do you make so fair and bright?
I make the cloak of sorrow
Lovely to see in all men’s sight
Shall be the cloak of sorrow
In all men’s sight.

What do you build with sails for flight?
I build a boat for sorrow
Swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover sorrow
All day and night.

Fare Thee Well
Fare Thee Well
O My Love

What do you weave with wool so white?
I weave the shoes of sorrow
Soundless shall be the footfall light
In all men’s ears of sorrow
Sudden and light.

Fare Thee Well
Fare Thee Well
O My Love

And if it gets too cold
Then I will warm
And if it gets too dark
Wait for the dawn
And if it gets too hard
Then I’ll come home

© 2007 Michael Musick
Mercy Man Publishing (ASCAP)
Adapted from a poem entitled “ The Cloak, The Boat, and The Shoes”
by William Butler Yeats.