Papa, Papa Peppone Don't look across the sea 'Cause you know you'll never sail out no more Papa, Papa Peppone Don't shed a single tear When they say: "Old man, better stay ashore" Papa, I know your heart is yearning Papa, I know your eyes are burning When you hear the song of the sea As it sings: "Come back to me" (Papa, Papa Peppone) On the beach of a little town in Italy Stands an old man staring across the sea But each time as he looks to every ship that goes He has that feeling that every old sailor knows Papa, Papa Peppone Papa, Papa Peppone Don't look across the sea 'Cause you know you'll never sail out no more Papa, Papa Peppone Don't shed a single tear When they say: "Old man, better stay ashore" Papa, I know your heart is yearning Papa, I know your eyes are burning When you hear the song of the sea As it sings: "Come back to me" (Papa, Papa Peppone)