Title
Ship That Never Returned, Sheet Music 03
Description
One leaf with preprinted staff lines handwritten in blue ink on the front side. The document is in good physical condition. The document was removed from a bound volume. There is minor fraying along the right edge and along the lower edge. The document was laminated. There are staple holes at the upper left corner. There is staining of an unknown origin on the document. There is a handwritten check mark at the lower right corner.
Subject
Popular music -- United States Ships -- Songs and music Farewells -- Songs and music
Alternative Title
The Parted Lover, Lovers Parted
Creator
Henry Clay Work, 1832-1884
Publisher
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University
Rights
The images and audio files contained in the "So Mote It Ever Be: The Folksong Heritage of North Carolina's Northern Blue Ridge Mountains" collection are available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. I. G. Greer/W. Amos Abrams Manuscript Files Series, Folksong Files Subseries. W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Special Collections. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC). Any commercial use of the materials without the written permission of Appalachian State University is strictly prohibited. Please contact the Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection with specific questions or with requests for further information.
Language
Musical notation, English
English
Transcription
The Ship That Never Returned.
On a Summers day as the streams were rippled by the softest gentlest breeze,
did a ship set sail with a cargo laden to a port beyond the seas.
Refrain:
Did she ever return, no, she never returned.
Her fate is still unlearned
Though for years and years there were fond ones watching for the ship that never returned.
There were sweet farewells there were loving signals,
while a form was yet discerned,
tho' they knew it was not solemn parting for that ship she never returned.
