The Lullaby of the Waves

From the 1891 opera “Sinbad”
words by Harry B. Smith
music by W. H Batchelor

The sheet music:

The-Lullaby-of-the-Waves – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by Wachy:

The-Lullaby-of-the-Waves – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. When the ship o’er the ocean is sailing
    And stars smile so serenely on high
    I lie in my hammock a swinging
    And list to the wave’s lullaby
    The ocean its song is a singing
    It murmurs afar o’er the deep
    And the surge of the waves all around me
    Can rock me so gently to sleep

Refrain
Slumber sailor, dream and rest
Nothing shall your sleep molest
Harm to you shall come not nigh
‘Tis the ocean’s lullaby, lullaby

Chorus
To dream and rest
To dream and rest
Harm shall not come high
Lullaby, Lullaby

  1. Tho’ we rove far away from our dear ones
    Tho’ oceans part us from those whom we love
    We think of our wives and our sweethearts
    And pray to the One up above
    Tho’ storms round our barque loudly rages
    The thunder resounds o’er the deep
    Well we know that the One in the heavens
    A watch o’er our slumbers will keep

Sung here by T. Craft: