1930
Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
Composed by
Ernst Bacon
Ernst Bacon Text by
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Songs at Parting Song Collection
"Joy, Shipmate, Joy!" is the sixth song of Ernst Bacon's song collection Songs at Parting: A Selection of Poems by Walt Whitman.
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
Songs at Parting
Ernst Bacon
1. Grand is the Seen
2. The Last Invocation
3. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
4. Twilight
5. One Thought Ever at the Fore
6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
7. Whispers of Heavenly Death
8. The Sobbing of the Bells
2. The Last Invocation
3. Darest Thou Now, O Soul
4. Twilight
5. One Thought Ever at the Fore
6. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
7. Whispers of Heavenly Death
8. The Sobbing of the Bells