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 darkness it means everything
It makes me one with the tide
It makes me strong when I’m burning inside
CHORUS
Standing here on Cadderley
Between the burn and the turning sea
I gaze across at these golden hills
young
CHORUS
I will sow this seed again
I will work this field and know it’s
never-ending
I’ll lose a son to the German wars –
we’ll lose the land he was fighting for
Lose our language to greed and gain –
all washed away by a southern rain
Washed until we can’t see
What our destiny meant us to be
CHORUS
Can a simple island boy begin?
This Highland pride is all I’ve got
But in the darkness it means everything
It makes me one with the tide
It makes me strong when I’m burning inside
CHORUS
Standing here on Cadderley
Between the burn and the turning sea
I gaze across at these golden hills
young
CHORUS
I will sow this seed again
I will work this field and know it’s
never-ending
I’ll lose a son to the German wars –
we’ll lose the land he was fighting for
Lose our language to greed and gain –
all washed away by a southern rain
Washed until we can’t see
What our destiny meant us to be
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 ...
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...
It s cold in the alley and it s cold upon the stair But he s got to keep on running he knows he ll never ge...
