The Nova Scotia Song

The sun was setting in the west

The birds were singing on every tree

All nature seemed inclined for a rest

But still there was no rest for me

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the 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 grieve to leave my native land

I grieve to leave my comrades all

And my parents whom I held so dear

And the bonnie, bonnie lad that I do adore

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the 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 do alarm

The captain calls, we must obey

So farewell, farewell, to Nova Scotia's charms

For it's early in the morning I am far, far away

Farewell to Nova Scotia, the 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?

(Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me?)

Will you ever heave a sigh and a wish for me?