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THE
HAPPY
SAILOR,
10s.
"Having
your
loins
girt
about
with
truth,
and
having
on
the
breast
plate
of
righteousness."
Ephe.
6:14
Re-arr.
by
B.
F.
White,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Key
of
B
Flat
Major.
1. Come
tell
of
your
ship
and
what
is
her
name,
Oh,
tell
me,
hap
-
py
Sail
-
or!
Come
tell
of
your
cap
-
tain
what
is
his
fame,
Oh,
tell
me.
hap
-
py
Sail
-
or!
}
She's the
2, Say,
is
her
keel
sound,
her
gar
-
ner
well
stor'd,
Oh,
tell
me
hap
-
py
Sail
-
or.
And
will
she
leave
oth
-
er
com
-
rades
on
board,
Oh,
tell
me
hap
-
py
Sail
-
or.
}
She's the
3.
She
will
land
us
safe
on
Ca
-
naans
bright
shore,
Oh,
glo
-
ry
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah.
We'l
land
with
our
friends,
who've
gone
on
be
-
fore,
Oh,
glo
-
ry
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah.
}
She's
the
old
ship
of
Zi
-
on,
hal
-
le
-
lu!
hal
-
le
-
lu
!
And
her
cap
-
tain,
Ju
-
dah's
Li
-
on,
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah.
old
ship
of
Zi
-
on,
hal
-
le
-
lu!
hal
-
le
-
lu!
And
her
cap
-
tain,
Ju
-
dah's
Li
-
on,
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah.
Maj.
White
re-arranged
the
tune
"Happy
Sailor,"
for
the
2nd
appendix
of
the
Sacred
Harp
of
1859.
See
further
history
of
him
under
"Baptismal
Anthem,"
page
232.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
author
of
the
words
for
first
verse;
it
was
prined
in
the
present
form
in
the
book
of
1859.
C.
J.
Griggs,
of
Atlanta,
composed
2nd
and
3rd
verses
in
1911.
He
is
at
present,
1911,
Assistant
President
of
the
United
Sacred
Harp
Musical
Association,
possesses
a
strong
voice,
and
is
a great
ad-
mirer
and
lover
of
the
old
sacred
songs,
and
has
been
singing
them
for
thirty-five
or
forty
years.
He
often
leads
in
conventions
and
other
large
musical
gatherings.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Methodist
church,
was
borned
and
raised
in Cobb
County,
Ga.