Fantabulous... I remember the “Seaman”..song from so long ago...just a snippet ran through my memory...never knew the full name,,couldn’t remember a phrase that would help me find that song.
Immense thanks for bringing it up. I could never find the song....thank you BIG time.
When it was released in the US, "Seemann, deine Heimat" featured a female voice doing an English commentary superimposed over the music. However, this is not a translation. In the commentary, the girl is waiting for her sailor to come home, but in the original German, she is giving up on him because he is "addicted" to visiting faraway places. Petula Clark also did an English version, which was a hit in England, but I don't think it was released in this country.
Interestingly, the song is from Austria, which has no seacoast.
Seemann, deine Heimat (US version)--Lolita Ditta (1960)
Sailor--Petula Clark (1961)