Lyrics or Keywords
John Murray sailed over the ocean.
From England he sailed o’er the sea.
He’d just lost his wife and his baby,
And he was as sad as could be.
Chorus:
Sail on, Sail on,
Sail on, John Murray, sail on, sail on.
Sail on, sail on,
Sail on, John Murray, sail on.
The ship he was on hit a sandbar,
The wind would not let it go free.
John Murray got off in New Jersey,
To see what he could wee.
Chorus: Sail on, sail on…
On landing he met Thomas Potter,
Who owned his own church in a vale.
And demanded that Murray preach for him,
If the wind would not let his ship sail.
Chorus: Preach on, preach on…
The wind kept his ship on the sandbar,
John Murray was true to his word.
With a sermon on godly forgiveness,
Universalist teaching was heard.
Chorus: Preach on, preach on…
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Composer
Traditional Tune: 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean'
Lyricist
Rev. Eugene Navia
Tags
Theme(s)
Perserverance
Tradition(s)
Unitarian Universalism
Language(s)
English
Musicality
Voicing
Unison
Rote
✔
Solo
✖
Music
Publisher
UUA
Copy type
photocopy