Sailing, Sailing
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"Sailing, Sailing" (also known by its first line "Sailing, sailing, over the bounding main") is a children's song about sailing on the ocean. It was written in 1880 by Godfrey Marks, a pseudonym of British organist and composer James Frederick Swift (1847–1931).[1][2]
Lyrics
The familiar chorus is
- Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
- For many a stormy wind shall blow
- Ere Jack comes home again.
The complete lyrics and music are found in the Franklin Square Song Collection (1888).[3]
References
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- ↑ [1] McCaskey,John Piersol "Franklin Square song collection: two hundred favorite songs and hymns for schools and homes, nursery and fireside." New York: Harper and Brothers, 1888, Number 5, page 17. Retrieved September 20, 2009
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