[Music]
What ship is this that will take us all home?
O glory hallelujah,
And safely land us on Canaan's bright shore?
O glory hallelujah.
'Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelujah, hallelu,
'Tis the old ship of Zion, hallelujah.
The winds may blow and the billows may foam,
But she is able to land us all home.
She's landed all who've gone before,
And yet she's able to land still more.
If I arrive there before you do,
I'll tell them that you are coming up too.
The text is said to have been written around 1800 by Rev. Samuel
Hauser of North Carolina. The tune is called the "North Carolina
Version" of the immensely popular song. See _White Spirituals_,
257-258. Closely related to the above tune is 'Sweet Canaan' in this
collection.
No. 192
BABYLON IS FALLEN, GOS 613