There's a port on a western bay And it serves a hundred ships a day Lonely sailors pass the time away And they talk about their homes There's a girl in this harbor town And she works layin' whiskey down They say: Brandy, fetch another round Then she serves them whiskey and wine The sailors say Brandy, you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be And your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea Brandy wears a braided chain Made of finest silver from the North of Spain She's got a locket and it bears the name Of the man that Brandy loves And he came on a summer's day Bringin' gifts from a-far away But he made it clear that he couldn't stay 'Cause no harbor was his home The sailor said Brandy, you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be But my life, my love, my lady is the sea At night when the bars close down Brandy walks through a silent town And loves a man who's not around And she still can hear him say She hears him say Brandy, you're a fine girl What a good wife you would be But my life, my love, my lady is the sea