Breton Fisherman's Prayer
(source: "Celebrate With Song", Girl Guides of Canada, 1995; also in "Songs For Tomorrow", Girl Guides Association, 1984.)

Protect me oh Lord for my boat is so small

Protect me oh Lord for my boat is so small

My boat is so small and your sea is so wide

Protect me oh Lord

Note: I find this vesper to be particularly effective when accompanied by sign language:

• Protect: cross arms over chest
• Me: point to yourself
• Oh: make an "o" with one hand
• Lord: Right hand making an "L", starting from about shoulder height and moving up and out from body
• Boat: hands pressed together as if in prayer but at a 90 deg. angle from body, move them away from body in a wavy motion
• Small: cup hands
• Sea: both hands as fists with thumbs tucked on outside of fist (the letter "S"); in a rowing motion
• Wide: hold up first three fingers of each hand, fingers spread apart (like a "W"); hands start next to each other in front of chest and move outward to each side