Sail the seas of the future upon well built children
Shape from trees straight and strong in dry dock of a gentle society then
From our homes,schools and churches crafted with loving shipwrights hand
Launch them forth from those safe ports to reach the isle on Man
Sail the seas of the future upon well built children
The time be right and they outfitted to be christened for the sea when
Their sails have been made of trust for to withstand the winds of war
Their anchors forged of discipline not illusion to weather the current of confusion
Their rudders made of education and left not to chance to out run the storms of ignorance
Their rope of wisdom fastened now before they are grown
to batten down against the cold of the unknown
Their compass of love left not merely to fate so that they may find their way
through the long night of Hate
Sail the seas of the future upon well built children
No other vessel can make this trip,not money,not power and especially not grown men
Sail the seas of the future upon well built children
For without them we will find ourselves darkened upon the rock of a world that could have been
