De Good Ship

Benjamin Franklin King (1857–1894)

I'se bin watchin' long fer de Good Ship,De Good Ship de Lo'd sent ter me;An' it 'pears dat hit's had a long voyageCrossin' life's troublesome sea.

I'se sepected it 'long in de moh'nin',When nary a sail was in sight,An' I'se looked fer it 'long about noonday,'N watched fer it way in de night.

Till I cast my eye ovah de boun'lessOle ocean, an' what did I see?Off der in de hush ob de distanceDe Good Ship a-comin' to me.

So I laid my haid down on my pillow,Fo'gettin' life's worry an' sin;An' when I awoke in de moh'nin',My Good Ship had done got in.