From the 1941 show “Lady in the Dark”
Words by Ira Gershwin
Music by Kurt Weill
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
My ship has sails that are made of silk
The decks are trimmed with gold
And of jam and spice there’s a paradise in the hold
My ship’s a-glow with a million pearls
And rubies fill each bin
The sun sits high in a sapphire sky
When my ship comes in
I can wait the years till it appears
One fine day one spring
But the pearls and such, they won’t mean much
If there’s missing just one thing
I do not care if that day arrives
That dream need never be
If the ship I sing doesn’t also bring
My own true love to me