The Real Mckenzies - Farewell To Nova Scotia lyrics

the sun was setting in the West the birds were singing in every tree all nature seemed inclined for to rest but still there was no rest for me. i grieve to leave my native land and i grieve to leave my comrades all and my parents whom i hold so dear and the bonnie, bonnie la** that i do adore. farewell to Nova Scotia, you sea-bound coast let your mountains dark and dreary be for when i am far away on the briny ocean tossed will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me? the drums they do beat and the wars to alarm the captain cries, and we must obey so farewell, farewell to Nova Scotia's charms for it's early in the mornin' and i'm far, far away farewell to Nova Scotia, you sea-bound coast let your mountains dark and dreary be for when i am far away on the briny ocean tossed will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me? i have three brothers and they are at rest their arms are crossed upon their breast but a poor simple sailor jest like me must be tossed and driven in the cold black sea farewell to Nova Scotia, you sea-bound coast let your mountains dark and dreary be for when i am far away on the briny ocean tossed will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me?