We couldn’t be further from home Oh no
What’s left of a journey of tears
We cry like the curlew Oh Christ save our souls
and help hold our fears
And it couldn’t be darker than this Oh no
even with so much light in the sky
And the sun burns forever we can’t find the
shade though we try and we try …so
CHORUS
Big river don’t fool me
To clear this bush will take a whole life
I’m sure and even the lives of my sons
But we dream of a harvest
and Oh how we’ll feast when it finally comes
And when sugar cane grows to the wind
we’ll think on that journey of tears
And the murdering hold of the hellish George Fyfe
will fade with the years …so
CHORUS
What’s left of a journey of tears
We cry like the curlew Oh Christ save our souls
and help hold our fears
And it couldn’t be darker than this Oh no
even with so much light in the sky
And the sun burns forever we can’t find the
shade though we try and we try …so
CHORUS
Big river don’t fool me
To clear this bush will take a whole life
I’m sure and even the lives of my sons
But we dream of a harvest
and Oh how we’ll feast when it finally comes
And when sugar cane grows to the wind
we’ll think on that journey of tears
And the murdering hold of the hellish George Fyfe
will fade with the years …so
CHORUS
The year s wearin tae the wane And day is fadin west awa Out raves the torrent and the rain And dark th...
Gloomy Winter s now awa Soft the westlin breezes blaw Mang the birks o Stanley shaw The mavis sin...
Mirk and rainy is the night No a star n a the carry Lightnings gleam athwart the lift And winds...
We are united now within these ancient wheels We are united in the spirit of the music at our heels On refle...
Old layers of time have buried the ways that the others have grown And though sturdy and strong his eyes open w...
There s nought but care on ev ry han In ev ry hour that passes O What signifies the life o man ...
She loves me she loves me not where Can a simple island boy begin This Highland pride is all I ve got But in the...
Ae fond kiss and then we sever Ae fareweel and then forever Deep in heart wrung tears I ll pledge thee Warri...
I don t know if you can see the changes that have come over me in these last few days I ve been afraid that I m...
I have been strengthened me your distant son You fill my sails with winds to move me on And on the swell of t...
