1919
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
Composed by 
James H. Rogers
James H. Rogers Text by 
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman In Memoriam Song Collection
"Joy, Shipmate, Joy!" is the fourth song of James Hotchkiss Rogers' song cycle In Memoriam.
The full six-song cycle is published by Recital Publications (Huntsville, Texas). Four songs of the cycle (the four Walt Whitman songs) are also published by Classical Vocal Reprints.
Text
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
by Walt Whitman
Joy, shipmate, joy!
(Pleas’d to my soul at death I cry,)
Our life is closed, our life begins,
The long, long anchorage we leave,
The ship is clear at last, she leaps!
She swiftly courses from the shore,
Joy, shipmate, joy.
Sheet Music