Tune Req: On the Sea (1860s)

Subject: Lyr Add: ON THE SEA
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Apr 04 - 05:56 PM

This song is included in Civil War Song Sheets, American Memory, without date or author. A broadside song about President Pierce, 1852, used the tune of "On the Sea."
Anyone know it?

Lyr. Add: ON THE SEA

On the sea, on the sea in my fast sailing craft,
With my hand on the helm, and the gale far abaft,
Not a sail in sight, nor a speck on the foam,
As she glides like a bird to our own native home.

In the wave, like a bird, she has dipped her broad crest,
And she shakes, as she rises, the drop from her breast,
And she bounds to the skies with such frolicsome glee,
That my heart goes along, on the sea, on the sea.

On the sea, on the sea, with a crew of my choice,
Not a false heart among them, nor lubberly voice,
And a cherub aloft as she sails in the wind,
From the wreath of the dew to the billows behind.

Three cheers for our craft as she rides on the wave,
With her captain so noble, her men all so brave,
For we heed not the tempest nor shrink from a foe,
But with hearts free as air through the ocean we go.

On the sea, on the sea, far away from the shore,
Where the winds whistle free, and loud roar,
On the ocean our home, none so happy as we,
And let this be our song, on the sea, on the sea.

J. H. Johnson, Philadelphia, printer.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: On the Sea (1860s)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 18 Apr 04 - 10:13 PM

There's a tune "On the Sea" inserted as a trio in "Genl. Franklin Pierce's Grand March" (Composed for the Piano Forte by Carlo Alboni; Philadelphia: J.C. Beckel, 22 Sth. 6th. St., 1852) [at the Levy collection].

Subject: RE: Tune Req: On the Sea (1860s)
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 18 Apr 04 - 11:25 PM

That's the President Pierce piece I noted. I don't know if it is the same tune.
I am hoping someone might show up with sheet music for "On the Sea."
You propably have more resources than any of us.
Thanks, Masato, for checking.