"Red Sails in the Sunset"

No personal notes.

  Could not find on the Session Tunes, 
  nor on the Digital Tradition Mirror,
  nor on the Max Hunter Folk Song Collection,
  nor on JC's Tune Match,
  nor on IrishTune,
  nor on Ceolas,
  .
  .
  

I did find it on ibiblio (where the Fiddler's Companion is located) as a reference to a recorded version, but not in the Fiddler's Companion itself.

Finally did a Google search - it appears that Nat King Cole did this...

  Red Sails In the Sunset Lyrics

  -Artist: Nat King Cole
  -peak Billboard position # 24 in 1951
  -Words by Jimmy Kennedy and Music by "Hugh Williams" (Wilhelm Grosz)
  -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

  (instrumental interlude)

  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)

  

Here's a version with chords;

  Red Sails In The Sunset
  Words & Music by Jimmy Kennedy & Hugh Williams, 1935
  Recorded by The Platters, 1960 (#36)


  D   DM7            D7   G       Gm7         D  Cdim  A
  Red sails in the sunset,    way out on the sea,

  Bm7-5     A       Em7 A       Em7        D  E7-5  A7
  Oh, carry my loved one        home safely to me.


  D   DM7            D7      G     Gm7             D  Cdim  A
  She sailed at the dawning,   all day I've been blue;

  Bm7-5       A    Em7 A7      Em7         D   Gdim  D
  Red sails in the sunset,      I'm trusting in you.


  Bridge:

  G      G/F#            D
  Swift wings you must borrow;

  A7    A7sus4  A7        D   DM7
  Make straight for the shore.

  G     G/F#	   D       Bm7
  We marry tomorrow,

  Em7       E7        A7  A7+5
  And she goes sailing no more.


  D  DM7            D7    G       Gm7	      D   Cdim  A
  Red sails in the sunset,   way out on the sea,

  Bm7-5    A7	     Em7  A7       Em7	   D	
  Oh carry my loved one        home safely to me.

  

And I found a really bad scan of what appears to be hand-written score for concertina (redsailsinthesunset.gif) on http://www.concertinamusic.com with the following lyrics;

  Red Sails In The Sunset


  (Chorus)
  Red sails in the sunset
  Way out on the sea
  Oh, carry my loved one
  Home safely to me.

  He sailed at the dawning
  All day I've been blue
  Red sails in the sunset
  I'm trusting in you.

  (Chorus)

  Swift wings you must borrow
  make straight for the shore
  We marry tomorrow
  and he goes sailing no more.
  

I also found some really bad Midi versions of it on http://www.harpinanawhinin.com/Tabs/OldTimeTabs/red_sails_in_the_sunset.htm, as well as the following chord set;

  C        Em             Gm      - F        Fm              C   - A7

  1.   Red sails in the sunset,     way out on the sea,

  Dm                                      - G              G7          C       - G

  oh, carry my loved one,         home safely to me.

  

  C         Em               Gm         - F       Fm                    C   - A7

  2.    She sailed at the dawning,       all day I've been blue,

  Dm                                      G          G7             C     - C7

  red sails in the sunset,         I'm trusting in you.

  

  F           Dm                     C        - F               G                     C    - C7

  Swift wings you must borrow,      make straight for the shore,

  F        Dm          C        - A7              D        D7              G - G7

  we marry tomorrow,          and she'll go sailing no more.

  

  C        Em             Gm      - F        Fm              C   - A7

  3.   Red sails in the sunset,     way out on the sea,

  Dm                                      - G              G7          C     

  oh, carry my loved one,         home safely to me.

  

  + repeat verse 3

  

  (capo 1st)              (The Platters)