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Boat of Silver Lyrics by Gordon Bok, Ann Mayo Muir, Ed Trickett

All Shall Be Well Again

1983

[Verse 1]
Oh, many ships tarry in the harbor
Many roads wind across the hill
And many roses grow on the arbor
Many's the girl waits for me there still
[Chorus]
For swiftly come all the tides returning
Swiftly go then and will not stay
There is no boatman can net the morning
There is no boatman can net the day
[Verse 2]
Oh, the fish run deep, oh, they run so deeply
I cannot find them in the seas
The lonely road winds the hill so steeply
I'll lay me down now and take my ease
[Chorus]
For swiftly come all the tides returning
Swiftly go then and will not stay
There is no boatman can net the morning
Thеre is no boatman can net the day
[Verse 4]
Oh, thе rose that blooms blows its petals over
And the thorns lie upon the bough
The girls have gone now to a different lover
They will not linger beside me now
[Chorus]
For swiftly come all the tides returning
Swiftly go then and will not stay
There is no boatman can net the morning
There is no boatman can net the day
[Verse 5]
Oh, I will build me a boat of silver
Steer it with a golden oar
And I will row out of this sad harbor
And never sail back to this dark shore
[Chorus]
For swiftly come all the tides returning
Swiftly go then and will not stay
There is no boatman can net the morning
There is no boatman can net the day
[Outro]
There is no boatman can net the morning
There is no boatman can net the day
Credits
Gordon Bok

Gordon Bok

Ann Mayo Muir

Ann Mayo Muir

Ed Trickett

Ed Trickett

About “Boat of Silver” by Gordon Bok

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"Boat of Silver" appears on "All Shall Be Well Again" in 1983.

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