|
Come Tell Me Of Your Ship
Public Domain Shape-note hymn by William C. Davis, 1853
ARTIST: from Social Harp
SHEET MUSIC: Social Harp:
http://books.google.com/books?id=CtQGwNJx88QC&pg=PA203&dq=%22Come+Tell+Me+Of+Your+Ship%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22Come%20Tell%20Me%20Of%20Your%20Ship%22&f=false
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
DATE: 1867
RECORDING INFO: Come Tell Me Of Your Ship - Davis, William C. 1853
Rt - Old Ship of Zion
McGraw, Hugh; and Southern Traditional Singers. Social Harp; Early American Shape Note Songs, Rounder 0094, LP (1978), trk# 16
OTHER NAMES: "Old Ship of Zion"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Folk Index; George Pullen Jackson's White Spirituals;
NOTES: "Come Tell Me Of Your Ship" aslo known as "Old Ship of Zion" is a shape note hymn attributed to William C. Davis in 1853. It is listed in White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands by George Pullen Jackson as one of the top 100 shape note hymn tunes. The melody appears under the title Antioch, Immortality, Columbus, and Hopewell as well as "Old Ship of Zion."
It's also found in the Sacred Harp with additional lyrics as "The Happy Sailor" (below).
Come Tell Me Of Your Ship- William C. Davis, 1853
Come tell me of your ship and what is her name,
Do tell me happy sailor?
Come tell me of your captain and what is his fame,
Do tell me happy sailor?
She's the ship of Zion,
Hallelu, hallelu.
And her captain's Judah's lion,
Hallelujah.
388 The Happy Sailor; Tune: B. F. White, 1859 Words: C. J. Griggs, 1911 Meter: Irregular
Come, tell of your ship and what is her name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Come, tell of your captain and what is his name?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
Chorus:
She’s the old ship of Zion, hallelu!
And her captain, Judah’s Lion, hallelujah.
Say, is her keel sound, her garner well stored?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
And will she leave other comrades on board?
Oh, tell me, happy sailor!
(Chorus)
She will land us safe on Canaan’s bright shore,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
We’ll land with our friends, who’ve gone on before,
Oh, glory, hallelujah!
(Chorus)
|