One out of the many farewell songs promising to be true and to come back again.

The ship is sailing down the bay,
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye;
We may not meet for many a day,
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!
By-low my baby, by-low my baby,
by-low my baby, Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!

My heart will ever more be true,
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye;
Tho' now we sadly say adieu.
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!
By-low my baby, by-low my baby,
by-low my baby, Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!

Then cheer up till we meet again;
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye;
I'll try to bear my weary pain.
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!
By-low my baby, by-low my baby,
by-low my baby, Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!

Tho' far I roam across the sea,
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye;
My every thought of you shall be.
Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!
By-low my baby, by-low my baby,
by-low my baby, Goodbye, my lover, goodbye!