A life on the ocean waveA home on the rolling deepWhere the scatter\u27d waters raveAnd the winds reveal their keepLike an eagle cag\u27d I pineOn this dull unchanging shoreOh give me the flashing brineThe spray and the tempest\u27s roarA life on the ocean wave A home on the rolling deep Where the scatter\u27d waters rave And the winds reveal their keepThe winds! The winds! The winds their revels keepThe winds! The winds! The winds their revels keepOnce more on the deck I standOf my own swift gliding craftSet sail! Farewell to the landThe gale follows fair abaftOf my own swift gliding craft Set sail! Farewell to the land The gale follows fair abaftWe shoot through the sparkling foamLike an ocean bird set freeLike the ocean bird our homeWe\u27ll find far out on the seaA life on the ocean wave A home on the rolling deep Where the scatter\u27d waters rave And the winds reveal their keepThe winds! The winds! The winds their revels keep The winds! The winds! The winds their revels keep
The land is no longer in viewThe clouds have begun to frownBut with a stout vessel and crewWe\u27ll say, let the storm come downAnd the song of our hearts shall beWhile the winds and the waters raveA life on the heaving seaA home on the bounding waveA life on the ocean waveA home on the rolling deepWhere the scatter\u27d waters raveAnd the winds their revels kee
