In childhood reminiscing, of the games we used to play

Along the creek & through the dunes that led down by the bay.

When the world lay passed an ocean, a wall of deepest green

A young boy thought of ships of course that’d take him ‘cross the sea.

Saw the colliers & the coasters, in a harbor full of dreams

Saw the great white ocean liners burnin’ coal & oil for steam

But I never saw a clipper ship, never saw a man ride so tall

Gone to breakers & oblivion now just pictures on a wall

   

(chorus)       There’s a tall ship on the water

                    A ghost upon the waves

                    She looks just like a picture

                    You see of olden days

                    She’s pullin’ strong the yard’s braced hard

                    And all the sails are set

                    And the waves that dance below her bow

                    Sing a song, you won’t forget.

And then you see the Pilgrim, know a dream has just begun

Before the mast is not yet past that play is never done

She flies with wings of canvas, hauled aloft by calloused hands

We break our back to make her tack & love her to a man.

And some of us are sailors, & some are all at sea

But we’ll stand aloft to throw sail off  &set her sailin’ free

Climbin’ up to heaven, just as far as foot ropes go

Eternity above our heads a heaving deck below

(chorus)

Tune: GsusC

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Several years ago I found myself involved with a tall ship, the Pilgrim in Dana Point, California.

I think the greatest thing she taught me is that there is a cure for everything, except possibly sea-sickness. Check out the “Pilgrim” Photo page.

And the Video below...