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).



Thanks to: Robin Hood





{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







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