
Lyrics
(German folk tune, Lyrics by Homer H. Harbour, publ. 1921)
1. The ocean winds are blowing;
The rapid tide is flowing;
Come let us go a-sailing
A-down the bay so blue.
Refrain
A derry down do,
A derry down do,
Behind us drops the shore;
A derry down do,
A derry down do,
The sea springs up before.
2. The waves before us curling
Are soon behind us whirling;
We leave a white track foaming
That soon fades out of sight.
See also
- Subject: sailing
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 6/8
- Scale: major
- Source: 140 Folk-songs with Piano Accompaniment: “rote Songs” for Grades I, II and III, 1921
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody

