From Hopkins Wharf To Havenside

A songwriters demo as performed by Duncan Wells

He was fishin perch off Hopkin's Wharf
One day in late July
When he spied a beauty
From the shores of Havenside
They fell in love that day
And swore that they would never part
They made a solemn promise
And crossed it on their hearts.

That's the way that love goes
It's here until we're gone
Over an ocean
Over a pond
Left to drift off like an old memory
Of Hopkins Wharf and Havenside
And far across the sea

He got a job baitin' trawl
For two bucks a tub
Through barbs and hooks she had his heart
This girl that he loved
And so when church bells finally rang
Upon the shores of Havenside
I heard Neptune's Choir sing the day
She became his bride

That's the way that love goes
It's here until were gone
Over an ocean
Over a pond
Left to drift off like an old memory
Of Hopkins Wharf and Havenside
And far across the sea

He signed aboard a dragger
and left a family far behind
But still her love was in his heart
And he swore there'd come a time
He'd be home to watch the children grow
Wise and tall and proud
If it wasn't for that sudden storm
That sent his dragger down

That's the way that love goes
It's here and then we're gone
Over an ocean
Over a pond
Left to drift off an old memory
Of Hopkins Wharf and Havenside
And far across the sea