When I took my boat out
To the White Sea
I had no care in the world

Not a cloud disturbed the sky
I was dreaming only of
How it might be

Then dark fell into the day
And the wind began to rise
Peter on the White Sea

Green mountains of waves
Blew all around
Peter on the White Sea

The howl of the wind
That lonesome sound
Sailors made their peace then

With the Almighty
Still I kept hope in my heart
Through the salt and

Stormy night

Every hour the wind struck

Even harder
We held on tight in the dark
As our bow rose and fell

Till we came with daylight
Into the harbour
Hard by the monastery walls

To the ringing of a bell
Peter on the White Sea
A day to recall when days

Are done
Peter on the White Sea
The first of a thousand ships

To come
When I took my boat out
On the White Sea

I heard my name in the wind
In the bright and empty sky
When I took my boat out

On the White Sea