“How could I help if tears were starting?
Goodbye to tender nights beside the silv'ry sea.
I longed to hold you near and kiss you just once more,
But you were on the ship and I was on the shore.”

— Jimmy Kennedy

Song Harbour Lights
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Irish songwriter 1902–1984

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