Here you will find the Poem Name Sakes of poet Alfred Noyes
BUT where's the brown drifter that went out alone ? -Roll and go, and fare you well- ' Was her name Peggy Nutten? ' That name is my own. Fare you well, my sailor. They sang in the dark, ' Let her go ! Let her go ! ' And she sailed to the West, where the broad waters flow; And the others come back, but . . . the bitter winds blow. Ah, fare you well, my sailor. The women, at evening, they wave and they cheer. -Roll and go, and fare you well- They're waiting to welcome their lads at the pier. Fare you well, my sailor. They're all coming home in the twilight below; But there's one little boat. . . . Let her go ! Let her go! She carried my heart, and a heart for the foe. Ah, fare you well, my sailor. The Nell and the Maggie , the Ruth and the Joan, -'-Roll and go, and fare you well- They come to their name-sakes, and leave me alone. Fare you well, my sailor. And names are kep' dark, for the spies mustn't know; But they'll look in my face, an' I think it will show; Peggy Nutten's my name. Let her go ! Let her go! Ah, fare you well, my sailor.
