Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
388 The Happy Sailor
Words: Verses 2 & 3 C. J. Griggs, 1911
Music: Arr. B. F. White, 1859
Meter: Irregular
Come, tell of your ship and what is her name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Come, tell of your captain and what is his name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Chorus:
She’s the old ship of Zion, hallelu!
And her captain, Judah’s Lion, hallelujah.
Say, is her keel sound, her garner well stored?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
And will she leave other comrades on board?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
(Chorus)
She will land us safe on Canaan’s bright shore,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
We’ll land with our friends, who’ve gone on before,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
(Chorus)
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Come, tell of your captain and what is his name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Chorus:
She’s the old ship of Zion, hallelu!
And her captain, Judah’s Lion, hallelujah.
Say, is her keel sound, her garner well stored?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
And will she leave other comrades on board?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
(Chorus)
She will land us safe on Canaan’s bright shore,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
We’ll land with our friends, who’ve gone on before,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
(Chorus)