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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
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