A Life On The Ocean Wave 1838

James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 15 Jan 2005

A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep!
Where the scattered waters rave,
and the winds their revels keep!

A home on the rolling deep!
Where the scattered waters rave,
and the winds their revels keep!

Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull unchanging shore,
Oh give me the flashing brine!
The spray and the tempest's roar!

A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep!
Where the scattered waters rave,
and the winds their revels keep!

The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!
The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!

Once more on the deck I stand
of my own swift gliding craft
set sail! farewell to land
the gale follows fair abaft.

of my own swift gliding craft
set sail! farewell to land
the gale follows fair abaft.

We shoot through the sparkling foam
like an ocean bird set free
like the ocean bird our home
we'll find far out on the sea.

A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep!
Where the scattered waters rave,
and the winds their revels keep!

The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!
The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!

The land is no longer in view,
the clouds have begun to frown,
but with a stout vessel and crew,
we'll say, let the storm come down!

the clouds have begun to frown,
but with a stout vessel and crew,
we'll say, let the storm come down!

And the song of our hearts shall be,
while the winds and the waters rave.
A life on the heaving sea!
A home on the bounding wave!

A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep!
Where the scattered waters rave,
and the winds their revels keep.

The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!
The winds, the winds,
the winds their revels keep!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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A Life on the Ocean Wave 1838
A Favorite Song
The Words by Epes Sargent
The Music Composed by Henry Russell
Dedicated to Joseph B. Green, Esq. of Columbus, Geo
Sung by Mr. H. Russell & Mr. Seguin
© 1838 by James L. Hewitt & Co., 239 Broadway, New York
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 15 January 2005 at 12.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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from the original 1838 score
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