-Artist: Nat King Cole -peak Billboard position # 24 in 1951 -Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by Hugh Williams -previously charted in 1935 by Bing Crosby (#1), Guy Lombardo (also # !), -Mantovani (#3), and Jack Jackson (# 13) -previously charted in 1936 by Louis Armstrong (#15) -subsequently charted by Tab Hunter in 1957 (#57), The Platters in 1960 (#36) -and by Fats Domino in 1963 (#35).
{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea} Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me {She sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue} Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
Swift wings you must borrow Make straight for the shore We marry tomorrow And she goes sailing no more
{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea} Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
Swift wings you must borrow Make straight for the shore We marry tomorrow And she goes sailing no more
{Red sails in the sunset} Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh) Oh, carry my loved one {Home safely to me}
{bracketed words are sung by Nat in unison with background singers} (words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)
