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Red Sails In The Sunset
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Nat King Cole
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-artist: nat king cole
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-peak billboard position # 24 in 1951
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-words by jimmy kennedy and music by hugh williams
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-previously charted in 1935 by bing crosby (#1), guy lombardo (also # !),
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-mantovani (#3), and jack jackson (# 13)
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-previously charted in 1936 by louis armstrong (#15)
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-subsequently charted by tab hunter in 1957 (#57), the platters in 1960 (#36)
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-and by fats domino in 1963 (#35).
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{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
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Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
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{she sailed at the dawning, all day I've been blue}
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Red sails in the sunset, I'm trusting in you
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Swift wings you must borrow
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Make straight for the shore
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We marry tomorrow
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And she goes sailing no more
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{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}
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Oh, carry my loved one home safely to me
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Swift wings you must borrow
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Make straight for the shore
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We marry tomorrow
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And she goes sailing no more
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{red sails in the sunset}
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Way out on the sea (ooh-wee-ooh, wee-ooh)
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Oh, carry my loved one
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{home safely to me}
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{bracketed words are sung by nat in unison with background singers}
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(words in parentheses are sung by background singers only)
"Red Sails in the Sunset" The Platters
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