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Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1840
Lyrics
Merrily o'er the the waves I go
Far far away from shore
No music half so sweet I know
As the noise of old oceans roar
Merrily merrily o'er the waves I speed
On the gale's swift wing
The surges round me madly rave
And their foam to the skies they fling
Merrily o'er the waves I go
Far far away from shore
No music half so sweet I know
As the noise of old oceans roar
Merrily o'er the waves I go o'er the waves I go
Merrily o'er the waves I go o'er the waves I go
No earthly king can rival me
Nor half my glory own
My kingdom is the mighty sea
And my gallant ship my throne
From shore to shore like some fleet bird
I cleave the sea and sky
To my merry men I give the word
And wher'e'er I list I fly
Recommended Citation
Philips, Austin, "Merrily O'er the Waves" (1840). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 318.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/318
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Comments
Merrily O'er the Waves
No.1 Songs of the Sea
The poetry by the Revd. J.R. Wreford
The music by Austin Phillips
New York Atwill Broadway
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