Elizabeth Eaton Converse was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known under her professional name Connie Converse. She was active in New York City in the 1950s, and her work is among the earliest known recordings in the singer-songwriter genre of music

In 1974, Converse left her family home in search of a new life and was not seen or heard from again. Despite the obscurity of her music during her lifetime, her work gained recognition after it was featured on a 2004 radio show. In March 2009, a compilation album of her work, How Sad, How Lovely, was released.

Father Neptune - Connie Converse

When my man goes to sea He steps so high and free I think I know as I watch him go that he has no need for me For me

And when my man comes home And waits a while to roam I think I see when he smiles at me that he's dreaming of the foam The foam

I'm not a pious Christian I do not go to mass But I pray to Father Neptune To let him safely pass,

I sing to the God with the three pronged rod And the whiskers wild and free That I've got a man with a beard and tan And a passion for the sea

He rides through the storm, and the cold and the warm And he loves to risk his neck And I like to know when he goes below That it's just below the deck

Oh Neptune, Father Neptune I tell you fair and true That if you should lose my sailor I'll sing no more to you

When he's home from sea he is half with me And he's gone when I close the door And it's still his creed that he has no need For a wife except onshore

I know it's a boat that keeps him afloat But I like to think it's me And if it were not for this I would sink to the depths of the sea