Sailing, Sailing
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"Sailing, Sailing" is a children's song
about sailing on the ocean. It was written in 1880 by Godfrey Marks, a pseudonym of British organist and composer James Frederick Swift (1847–1931).
The complete lyrics and music are found in the Franklin Square Song Collection (1888).
Children's song
Children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that young children invent and share among themselves, or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home, or education...
about sailing on the ocean. It was written in 1880 by Godfrey Marks, a pseudonym of British organist and composer James Frederick Swift (1847–1931).
Lyrics
The familiar chorus is- Sailing, sailing over the bounding main
- Where many a stormy wind shall blow
- 'Ere Jack comes home again.
The complete lyrics and music are found in the Franklin Square Song Collection (1888).