Red Sails In The Sunset

-artist: nat king cole

-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951

-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams

-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)




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