O\' Salty tear, a mere clear drop you are
You\'ve emerged for a million different reasons
many of which only the shedder knows
for you\'ve emerged in all seasons.
The season of sadness or reason of joy
The tears of grief and the tears of joy
You and your unalloyed saline taste
Thou art\' but an emotional waste.
O\' Salty tear each time you drop into oblivion
why not vanish away with your shedder\'s grief?
I tell you O\' tear if you take my opinion
oughtn\'t you grant your shedder full relief?
Ah, but thou seem a ceaseless ocean in reserve and store
No one can be sure, he\'ll cry no more
When you trickle down those sad upturned lips
we know destiny perhaps made those painful slips!
You are the raindrops of a grief-clouded heart
You do emerge when two lovers have to part
Help your shedder turn over a new leaf
so you\'re associated less with grief.
I\'ve watched many a jilted lover
weep all alone by the seaside so sorrowfully
and watched tears glide down noses or pince-nez
as their salty tears merged with the salty sea.
O\' Salty tear but it\'s time you learnt to wash away
all and any melancholy from your shedder\'s heart
and be such a buddy who never wishes to meet again
the tearful shedder from whom you depart