Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Publication Date
1856
Lyrics
Oh! how sweet it is to glide,
Sailing on the summer tide;
Like a bird upon the wind,
Leaving ev're care behind;
List'ning to the rippling sound,
As the glad waves dance and bound;
Blending with the distant roar
Of the waves that lash the shore.
From morn till night I'd wander free,
Sailing on the summer sea;
From morn till night I'd wander free,
Sailing on the summer sea!
Sailing on the summer sea!
The land has not a sound for me,
Like the music of the sea,
Singing out its own sweet song,
To the breezes all day long:
Softly now, now loud and deep.
As the winds the surges sweep;
Like a rich thanksgiving psalm,
To Him who rules the storm and clam.
Oh! how sweet it is to be,
Sailing on the summer sea;
Oh! how sweet it is to be,
Sailing on the summer sea!
Recommended Citation
Cherry, J. W., "Sailing on the Summer Sea" (1856). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 822.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/822
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Six Songs by J.W.Cherry
Author of Shells of Ocean
Sailing on the Summer Sea
Words by J.E. Carpenter
Music by J.W. Cherry
Cherry's Songs
Boston. Published by Oliver Ditson Washington St.
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