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Text:The Old Ship
Tune:[We are on the deep, we are sailing to our home]
Composer:T. C. O'Kane

32. The Old Ship

Text Information
First Line: We are on the deep, we are sailing to our home
Title: The Old Ship
Refrain First Line: In the old ship Zion we are sailing on the tide
Language: English
Publication Date: 1884
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [We are on the deep, we are sailing to our home]
Composer: T. C. O'Kane
Notes: Public Domain.



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