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Thread #145687   Message #3371938
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
04-Jul-12 - 01:04 PM
Thread Name: Seeking maritime hymns
Subject: RE: Seeking maritime hymns
An interesting one, seems to have been in demand in 1820s-1840s as more than one printer issued it. Could not find a musical score.

"The Sailor's Hymn."
"Composed by two (three) sailors: Cast adrift on a Desert Island, in the South sea."

You sons of the main that sail over the flood,
Whose sins large as mountains have reached up to God,
Remember the short voyage of life will soon end,
So now brother sailors make Jesus your friend.

Etc.

Copies at the Bodleian.