Sailor (song)

"Sailor"
Single by Petula Clark 1968 re-release
B-side	"My Friend the Sea"
Released	August 1968
Recorded	Pye Studios (Marble Arch) December 1960
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	2:57
Label	Vogue
Songwriter(s)	Werner Scharfenberger, Fini Busch (original German lyrics), David West (English lyrics)
Producer(s)	Alan A. Freeman
Petula Clark South African singles chronology
"The Other Man's Grass (Is Always Greener)" (1968) "Sailor" (1968) "I Want to Sing In Your Band" (1968)

"Sailor" is the title of the English-language rendering of the 1959 schlager composition "Seemann (Deine Heimat ist das Meer)" originally written in German by Werner Scharfenberger (de) and lyricist Fini Busch (de): featuring lyrics in English by Norman Newell (writing as David West), "Sailor" would in 1961 afford Petula Clark her first UK #1 hit, simultaneously granting Top Ten success to Anne Shelton while also bringing her chart career to a close. Clark was also afforded international success with both her recording of "Sailor" and also with Marin the French-language rendering of the song.