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My Sailor Boy.
Songs of gladness and of joy,
The bright, happy, sailor boy."
The bright, happy, sailor boy."
Just when I begin to know
Fears and sorrow and despair
Some stanch sailor of the seas
Tells me of my vessel fair;
Then I hope and watch again,
O'er the blue foam-feathered bay,
For my ship that long ago
Sailed into the far away,
And my merry sailor boy
Singing reckless songs of joy.
Fears and sorrow and despair
Some stanch sailor of the seas
Tells me of my vessel fair;
Then I hope and watch again,
O'er the blue foam-feathered bay,
For my ship that long ago
Sailed into the far away,
And my merry sailor boy
Singing reckless songs of joy.
What the song my sailor sings?
You who know how hopes depart,
You who know how strives the soul,
Know how weary grows the heart,
Know how saddened grows the eye;
You who hear the echoed strain
Of a far-off, purer life,
Borne above earth's wail of pain—
You have met my sailor boy
Singing songs of deathless joy.
You who know how hopes depart,
You who know how strives the soul,
Know how weary grows the heart,
Know how saddened grows the eye;
You who hear the echoed strain
Of a far-off, purer life,
Borne above earth's wail of pain—
You have met my sailor boy
Singing songs of deathless joy.
