♪♪♪ SING ALONG ♪♪♪ as a piano plays the chords and melody (from the SOLO Edition of the Secular Hymnal).
Singing along to a simple, chorded melody like this is an ideal way to develop your harmonizing skills!
Lyrics:
I am the captain of my boat on a calm, a calm and peaceful sea
I am the captain of my boat on a calm, a calm and peaceful sea
With waves so still I'm seldom ill, with stars and sun my work gets done
I am the captain of my boat on a calm, a calm and peaceful sea
There are equal captains, equal boats, that never sail and never float
On stormy seas with wind and hail the boats get smashed and captains jailed
There are captains who are just like me who die upon a violent sea
So credit not my boat or me but a calm, a calm and peaceful sea
Here's the same hymn in 4-part harmony (from the SATB Edition of the Secular Hymnal). If you and your choir prefer to print out your own score of this hymn, click here to access a beautiful PDF file.
To research the history of this hymn tune: http://www.hymnary.org/hymnal/SH2014
