My father says there was a radio song in the mid 1980]s that was a story about a man sailing in the hopes of finding his girl. After he finds her they settle down and have five children.
It was sung in first person
Had these words
I'll bring you pearls all the way from China
I'll bring you an ivory fan
I'll bring you the finest gold
From Tierra Del Fuego to the Oklahoma Bay
I sailed the world but I never found my girl till I saw her standing in the sand
now with five little girls I found my string of pearls
when I come home they sing to me
bring me pearls from the sea of China
bring me an ivory fan
tell me bout your home in North Carolina
Someone must know it. I would love to to find it for him.