SONG ON THE SEA.
Merrily, merrily over the wave
We’ll laugh and we’ll sing as we’re bounding along,
Merrily, merrily, joyous and brave
We’ll echo the music of waves in our song:—
Roll, roll, break, break,
Over the merrily musical waves,
Roll, roll, wake, wake
All the glad echoes that hide in their caves.
Rocking and rolling the sea is our home
And joyous we shout from our billow-rocked boat;
Cleaving the breakers white-feathered with foam
We’ll set the sweet echoes of ocean afloat:—
Roll, roll, break, break,
Over the merrily musical waves,
Roll, roll, wake,
All the glad echoes that hide in their caves.
Merrily, merrily out of their caves
We’ll call the glad echoes sweet laughing along;
Merrily, merrily out on the waves
We’ll mingle the musical sea with our song:—
Roll, roll, break, break,
Over the merrily musical waves,
Roll, roll, wake, wake
All the glad echoes that hide in their caves.