Blue Boat Home
Hymn composed by
Roland Hugh PrichardContextual information
“Blue Boat Home” is a new version of an old hymn. Peter Mayer’s lyrics speak of our planet Earth as a blue boat on which we all journey together through the mystery and wonder of the universe.
“Blue Boat Home” is a new version of an old hymn. Peter Mayer’s lyrics speak of our planet Earth as a blue boat on which we all journey together through the mystery and wonder of the universe.
Tune Name
HYFRYDOL
Tune Name
Text Meter
8.7.8.7.D.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Roland Hugh PrichardHymn Arranger
Composer Background information
Lyricist Background information
Peter Mayer (he/him) is a full-time singer/songwriter and a UU who travels and performs in acoustic venues and churches across the United States. He has released 11 albums of his work, and many singles as well. He lives in Stillwater, MNN with his wife and two daughters.
Arranger Background information
Lyrics
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 up holding me, hail the great winds urging me on,
greet the infinite sea before me, sing the sky my sailor’s song:
I was born up on 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.
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