Let us take the boat
and everything will be fine --
We'll be happy there!
We nemen de boot,	Nehmen wir das Boot
dan zal alles goed komen --	und alles wird gut, drüben --
Ginds wacht ons geluk!	erwartet uns Glück!

Poem S2281
Amsterdam, 2024-07-19
There's a boat dat's leavin' soon for New York (Ira Gershwin / George Gershwin) - 1935
Song (Sportin' Life, lyrics Ira Gershwin) from the opera "Porgy and Bess" (libretto [1935] and novel [1925] and play "Porgy" [1927] by Edwin DuBose Heyward)
Collection: Em Brace
Keyword: Wish (illusion) 
Tribute to: Gershwin, Ira; DuBose Heyward, Edwin 
Composer: Gershwin, George