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Thread #13562 Message #583884
Posted By: radriano
01-Nov-01 - 10:53 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Row On [original versions]
Subject: Lyr Add: ROW ON
Row On Words from ship's log, Three Brothers 1846 Set to music by Tim Laycock, England
Clouds are upon a summer sky There's thunder in the wind Pull, pull away and homeward hie Nor give one look behind
Chorus: Row on, row on, another day May shine with brighter light Ply, ply the oars and pull away There's dawn beyond the night (Thou must not come tonight)
Bear where thou goest the words of love Say all that words can say Changeless affections strength to prove But speed upon the way
Like yonder river will I glide To where my heart would be My barque should soon outsail the tide That hurries to the sea
And yet a star shines constant still Through yonder cloudy sky And hope like this my bosom fill From faith that cannot die
Row on, row on, God speed the way Thou must not linger here Clouds hang about the closing day Tomorrow may be clear