Journey On

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 fo 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 shtetl.
 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 journeyin
 Here, my love,
 As you go
 As you go
 As you go
 Journeying
 Journeying
 Journeying
 On the sea.
 On the sea
 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!