The Riverside song book/The Captain's Daughter
THE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTER.
James T. Fields. Isaac B. Woodbury.
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P cres.
1. We were crowd-ed in the cab - in, Not a
2. So we shud - dered there in sil - ence; For the
3. But his lit - tle daugh- ter whis-pered, As she
soul would dare to sleep; It was mid - night on the
stout - est held his breath, While the hun - gry sea was
took his i - cy hand, "Isn't God up - on the
waters, And a storm was on the deep, 'Tis a
roaring, And the breakers talked with Death. And as
o - cean, Just the same as on the land?" Then we
fear - ful thing in win - ter To be shattered by the
thus we sat in si - lence, Each bu - sy in his
kissed the lit - tle maid - en, And we spoke in bet - ter
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blast, And to hear the trum - pet thun - der,
pray 'rs, "We are lost!" the cap - tain shout-ed, As he
cheer; And we an - chored safe in har - bor, When the
CODA[1]
'Cut a - way the mast! "And a shout rose wild and
stag-gered down the stairs.
morn was shin - ing clear.
joy - ous, As we clasped the friend-ly hand "Ah!
God is on the o - cean Just the same as on the land."
- ↑ This spirited coda was, evidently, not written by Mr. Fields, but the editors are not able to say who added it.