The Riverside song book/Sail on O Ship of State
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
hanging breathless on thy fate ! Sail on, O Un-ion, strong and great! Sail
what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope! Sail
spite of rock and tempest's roar,In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail
hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears. Our faith triumphant o'er our fears. Are
on, sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, sail on!
on, sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, sail on!
on, sail on, O Ship of State, Sail on, sail on!
all with thee, — Are all with State, Sail on, sail on!