Donna Burke - Goodbye Nakamura | Текст песни

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• Goodbye Nakamura

When the luggers sailed away
From the port of Roebuck Bay
on the B19 was the diver Nakamura
Not yet twenty-one
From the Land of the Rising Sun
His homeland was the isle of Okinawa.

To deepest holes of the Lacepede sholes
To fill the pearling master's goals
on the B19 went brave young Nakamura
His quest for the shining pearl
As strong as his love for the island girl
He'd marry when he’d returned to Okinawa.

Chorus :
But it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye, to Okinawa
For today, we'll bury you
In West Australia
You will never see the smile
Of the girl who waits upon the isle
Goodbye, goodbye, Nakamura.

From the west came a sudden squall
Then mercury began to fall
Forty fathoms deep was, Nakamura
The storm began to rage
Set sail, no time to waste
They dragged him up, the boy from Okinawa

The agony’s in his eyes
An old Malay man cries
He knows the bends have got young Nakamura
Helplessly they cursed
As the diver's lungs near burst
And he died on the deck the boy from Okinawa.

Chorus :
So it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye, to Okinawa
For today, we'll bury you
In West Australia
You will never see the smile
Of the girl who waits upon the isle
Goodbye, goodbye, Nakamura.

To the cemetery in Broome
With heavy hearts, all deep in gloom
They carried their friend, the diver, Nakamura
Headstones face the West
A thousand divers lie at rest
And among them lies the boy from Okinawa.

Chorus
So it's goodbye now, farewell
Say goodbye, to Nakamura
For today, we'll bury him
In West Australia
He will never see the smile
Of the girl who waits upon the isle
Goodbye, goodbye, Nakamura.
He will never see the smile
Of the girl who waits upon the isle
Goodbye, goodbye, Nakamura.