Shipboard Romance lyrics

A shipboard romance from Capetown to Cairo

Born on the sea where memories stay

And though he was from England, she from Germany

War was still far away

They hit a bad storm off the coast of Mombasa

Battered and bruised, the ship carried on

When he held her and told her that all will be well

She knew that he was the one

She said "You are my hero and you are my love

You came to me from the heavens above

All of my life I've been waiting for you

I know that this is more

Than a shipboard romance!"

He gave her a gift of a beautiful diamond

"A memory of me when you're far away"

At the end of the journey, tears, goodbye

Never knowing if they'd meet again

But fate has a way of changing our lives forever

When he saw in the paper a valuable diamond for sale

So he went to the place in Holland and then when he saw her face

She ran to his arms, and all the years just fell away

With her tears

A shipboard romance from Capetown to Cairo

Born on the ocean where memories stay

And the elderly couple were so much in love

Hand in hand every day

And she'd say "He is my hero and he is my love

He came to me from the heavens above

All of my life I've been waiting for him

I knew that this was more

Than a shipboard romance

I knew that this was more

Than a shipboard romance!"