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 youSwift wings you must borrowMake straight for the shoreWe marry tomorrowAnd she goes sailing no more{Red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}Oh, carry my loved one home safely to meSwift wings you must borrowMake straight for the shoreWe marry tomorrowAnd 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)Transcribed by Robin Hood
