Source Recording Artist: Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys
Album: Almost Home (1992)
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[1] I was standing on the banks of the river Looking out over life's troubled [5] sea When I [1] saw that old ship a-sailing Is that the ole ship of [5] Zion I [1] see
Its hull was bent and battered From the storms of life I could see The waves were rough but that old ship was sailing Is that the old ship of Zion I see
At the stern of the ship was the captain I could hear as he called out my name Get on board it's the old ship of Zion It may never pass this way again
As I step on board I'll be leavin' All troubles and trials behind I'll be safe with Jesus the captain Sailin' out on the old ship of Zion
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[1] I was standing on the banks of the river Looking out over life's troubled [5] sea When I [1] saw that old ship a-sailing Is that the ole ship of [5] Zion I [1] see
Its hull was bent and battered From the storms of life I could see The waves were rough but that old ship was sailing Is that the old ship of Zion I see
At the stern of the ship was the captain I could hear as he called out my name Get on board it's the old ship of Zion It may never pass this way again
As I step on board I'll be leavin' All troubles and trials behind I'll be safe with Jesus the captain Sailin' out on the old ship of Zion