Hope and Fortune

I left m y home on an Autumn day Turned my face to the ocean grey Shed my life for a chance to be free Hang onto hope on a treacherous sea To look back again on this land of mine To have my heart and beguiled What lies ahead can't be a mistake And day by day another Yankee wake O'er the seas we go Say fare thee well so long to the world you know Oh the hell we'll raise When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves They say hope is a fickle thing But I'd rather hope than face another frozen spring I'd rather brave the ocean's rage Then safely starve another day The devil you know or the devil you don't A hangman's smile or a pastor's doubts For hope is a thing we can't afford I won't leave my luck in the hands of the lord O'er the seas we'll go Say fare thee well so long to the world we know Oh the hell we'll raise When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves All I'm bringing along with me A tiny branch of my family tree All we've lost and all we've known We'll plant anew and watch it grow O'er the seas we go Say fare thee well so long to the world we know Oh the hell we'll raise When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves I say o'er the seas we'll go Say fare the well so long to the world you know Oh the hell we'll raise When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves When fortune guides us over furious waves