David Loud, Marin Mazzie, Peter Friedman, Mark Jacoby, Rod Campbell & Duane Martin Foster -
Ragtime: The Broadway Musical
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!
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!
Credits
Writer(s): Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Charles Flaherty
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