Intro
Verse 1
My Name's José Luís Santini
A Cooper's Boy, Proud Portuguese
Shanghaied By An American Whaler
Bound Down For The Southern Seas
Verse 2
But I Could Not Speak Their Language
And I Was Beaten Mercilessly
And At Cable Bay I Slipped Over The Side
Bade Farewell To The Ship And The Sea
Verse 3
Taken In And Sheltered By The Maori
The Chieftain Took Pity On Me
And I Fell In Love With His Beautiful Daughter
And I Knew In My Hеart She Loved Me
Verse 4
For Thе Heart Knows Only One Language
That The Eyes Alone Speak With Ease
Though She Could Only Speak Maori
And I Only Spoke Portuguese
Instrumental
Verse 5
It's Fifty-Six Years We've Been Lovers
And It Seems Like Just Yesterday
And It's Twenty-One Children She Bore Me
No Man More Contented Today
Verse 6
But If I Had The Wings Of A Tui
I Would Sing From The Highest Of Trees
She Still Only Speaks Maori
And I Only Speak Portuguese
Instrumental
Outro
She Still Only Speaks Maori
And I Only Speak Portuguese
