A popular song from 1908
Words by Arthur J. Lamb
Music by Kerry Mills
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Out on the billows the good ship tossed
But a brave little craft was she
Tho’ the thunder roared and the torrents poured
In the pit of the angry sea
And the captain stood on the surf-swept deck
And he looked o’er the seething foam
He murmured, “We’re far from the harbor-bar
And far from the lights of home
But e’en as he gazed, he cried
“There’s land on the starboard side
Ship ahoy! Ship ahoy!”
Refrain
Any old port in a storm lads
Whatever that port may be
And thanks be given our Father in Heaven
Who watches o’er you and me
Tho’, we’re far, far away from the land we seek
Where the heart of true love beats warm
For the shelter there, is a haven fair
Any old port in a storm
Any old port in a storm
- Close to the vessel the lifeboat rocked
With its cargo of souls inside
But the captain stood on the sinking deck
“There is no room for me,” he cried
“Do not wait my lads, pull away,” he said
And the life boat shot o’er the sea
He murmured low, “Tis my time to go
Another port waits for me”
Then in the embrace of death
He sang with his failing breath
“Ship ahoy! Ship ahoy!”
Sung here by Vancha March: