It's an honor to go on an expedition with you

Admiral Peary It's men like you who've made this

Country great

It's men like you who'll keep it great

All sails set Admiral

Thank you Mr Henson

This is my First Officer Mr

Matthew Henson

Good evening

Welcome aboard

What's that In the distance

Such a ghostly glow

They're called rag ships

Immigrants from every cesspool

In Western and Eastern Europe

Most of them become very

Patriotic Americans

They're your future customers

My people were also brought here on ships

Good watch Henson

You're a brave man whoever you are

Coming so far

Expecting so much

A salute to the man

On the deck of that ship

A salute to the immigrant stranger

Heaven knows why you's make

Such a terrible trip

May your own god protect you from danger

Is it freedom or love

That you pray for

In you guttural accent

Too late long gone

A salute to a fellow

Who hasn't a chance

Journey on

If people ask how old are you

I don't answer

Your name

No name

Where your mother is

Dead

This is my father He speaks for both of us

This is my father He speaks for both of us

Is that other ship going back home

No no America is our home now

America is our shuttle

Amekhaye khlebn

Look Someone is waving Where is he going

He's a fool on a fool's journey

You depart on a ship

From a country like this

Why on earth would you want to

Be leaving

Was it something you lost

That you suddenly miss

Are you angry

Or possibly

Grieving

Do you see in my face

What you've lost sir

Are you moved by the death ship

We sail upon

Well perhaps you're a man

Who's in search of his heart

Journey on

Journey on

Two ships passing

In the kinship

Of the darkness

One going from

One coming to

America

Two men meeting

At the moment

Of a journey

For a moment

In the darkness

We're the same

And what of the people

Whose boundaries chafe

I salute you

My friend

Who marry so bravely

And end up so safe

May you

Find what

You need

I will be journeying

Here my love

As you go

Journeying

Journeying

Journeying

On the sea

We're two ships passing

At a distance

Through the darkness

One going from

One coming to

America

Strangers sharing

The beginnings

Of a journey

I salute you

God be with you

I will miss you

In the Darkness

Of the dawn

Journey on