Words by singer/songwriter Peter Mayer
Melody by Prichard, Hymn #207 in UU hymnal
"Blue Boat Home" is now a new hymn found in the UU hymnal supplement
http://www.blueboat.net
Though below me, I feel no motion
Standing on these mountains and plains
Far away from the rolling ocean
Still my dry land heart can say
I've been sailing all my life now
Never harbor or port have I known
The wide universe is the ocean I travel
And the earth is my blue boat home
Sun, my sail, and moon my rudder
As I ply the starry sea
Leaning over the edge in wonder
Casting questions into the deep
Drifting here with my ship's companions
All we kindred pilgrim souls
Making our way by the lights of the heavens
In our beautiful blue boat home
I give thanks to the waves upholding me
Hail the great winds urging me on
Greet the infinite sea before me
Sing the sky my sailor's song
I was born upon the fathoms
Never harbor or port have I known
The wide universe is the ocean I travel
And the earth is my blue boat home
"BLUE BOAT HOME" is one of 13 songs by Peter Mayer compiled into a single CD, co-developed by Peter Mayer and by The Great Story.
Click to listen to samples and/or order the CD.
♦ Ellen Kennedy and the Sacred Circle Dance Troupe of Mount
Holyoke performed their circle dance to Blueboat Home on April 30, 2010.
You can watch a short clip of the dance, or you can watch the entire dance and song posted on YouTube.
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