As it skims o’er the foamy wave;
No strife and care would reach me there.
Then let me roam, on the ocean wave
Oh! give me a home.
Oh! let me be on the stormy sea,
For there is the home of the brave;
We never fear when danger’s near,
Tossed on the towering wave;
Boldly they sail through wind and gale.
There let me roam, on the ocean wave