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OPEN POLAR SEA
©Gary Bowman Set sail for the top of the world, On the Open Polar Sea On the Jeannette, with Captain De Long, And the crew of thirty-three Across the Arctic Circle, Past Greenland’s icy shore Set sail for the top of the world, Where none have gone before Good-bye, my darling Emma, I’ll write to you ev’ry day I’ll keep a lock of your golden hair, And your portrait by my bed Farewell, my precious husband, Farewell, my love, good-bye Good-bye with a 1000 kisses, My darling wife, good-bye Soon the drift ice fill the seas, Ice as far as eye can see Embraced by suffocating floes, Until no farther we can go Drifting north, the ship is trapped, No way forward, no way back Chorus May God keep and bless you, Wherever you may go I long to see you, and be with you, With all my heart and soul If, by chance, in this world, We should never meet again You’re the truest, best, most loving wife, A man has ever had Jeannette, on Arctic night so cold, Majestic silence to behold Bright and shining, twinkling stars, Snow and frost on rope and spar For two years, locked in the pack, No way forward, no way back Chorus May God keep and bless you, Wherever you may be I long to see you, and be with you, Save all your love for me Farewell, my precious husband, Farewell, my love, good-bye Good-bye with a 1000 kisses, My darling wife, good-bye Caught in Ice King’s deadly grip, The Captain cries, “Abandon ship!” With howls and shrieks, on winter’s night, The broken ship slips out of sight Destroyed by the frozen wave, Jeannette now rests in icy grave Chorus Set sail for the top of the world, Where none have gone before |
