Red sails in the sunset-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).{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 youswift wings you must borrowmake straight for the shorewe marry tomorrowand she goes sailing no more{red sails in the sunset, way out on the sea}oh, carry my loved one home safely to me<instrumental interlude>swift wings you must borrowmake straight for the shorewe marry tomorrowand 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)transcribed by robin hood