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SAIL ON, O SHIP OF STATE!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. German Air.
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1. Sail on, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, sail
2. We know what Mas - ter laid thy keel. Sail on, sail
3. Fear not each sud - den sound and shock. Sail on, sail
4. Sail on, sail on. O Ship of State! Sail on, sail
on! Sail on, O Un - ion strong and
on ! What Work - man wrought thy ribs of
on I 'Tis of the wave and not the
on! Sail on, O Un - ion strong and
great. Sail on, sail on! Hu - man - i - ty with
steel, Sail on, sail on! Who made each mast, and
rock; Sail on, sail on! 'Tis but the flap - ping
great, Sail on, sail on! Sail on, nor fear to
all its fears, With all the hopes of fu - ture years, Is
sail, and rope, What an - vils rang, what ham-mers beat. In
of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale! In
breast the sea, Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. Our
