1925

Joy, Shipmate, Joy!

Composed by Marc Blitzstein
Text by Walt Whitman

Whitman Songs Song Collection

"Joy, Shipmate, Joy!" is one of Marc Blitzstein's many Whitman Songs.

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.