I DREAMED LAST NIGHT I SAW YOU WITH ROSES IN YOUR HAIR A CROWN OF THORNS AND FLOWERS BROUGHT MANY EYES TO STARE THEN I SAW A GROOM ALL DRESSED IN WHITE, I COULD NOT SEE HIS FACE AND I HAD COME TO SEE YOU MARRIED BY THE SEA THE SUN IT ROSE SO YELLOW LIKE bu*tERCUPS IN BLOOM WILD FLOWERS ON THE MEADOW GIVE A SCENT OF SWEET PERFUME AND I HAD BEEN THE COUNTRY'S LENGTH TO SEE YOU GIVE YOUR HAND TRAVELLING TO SEE YOU MARRIED BY THE SEA YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE DRESSED IN CLOTHES SO FINE YOUR SISTER AND YOUR BROTHER WERE DRINKING RED RED WINE AND THE CHAPEL'S WALLS WITH A ROOF OF SKY HELD US ALL INSIDE CLAMOURING TO SEE YOU MARRIED BY THE SEA THE SEA WAS LIKE A MIRROR AND BRIMMING WAS THE TIDE AND SEALS RAISED THEIR GLISTENING HEADS TO LOOK WITH LONESOME EYES TO LOOK UPON THE SUMMER SIGHT OF FEAST AND DANCE SO FREE YOU DIDN'T DANCE WITH ME WHEN YOU WERE MARRIED BY THE SEA YOUR EYES WERE GREEN AND WILD LIKE FOREST IN THE GLEN YOUR SMILE IT SHONE LIKE MACKEREL WE TOOK AND TOOK AGAIN AND AS THE VOWS THEY PASSED YOUR LIPS, MY STOMACH TURNED TO STONE FOR I'D THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE ME YOU MARRIED BY THE SEA