Farewell To Nova Scotia

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Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea-bound coast,

Let your mountains dark and dreary be

When I'm far away, on the briny ocean tossed,

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

The sun was setting in the West

The birds were singing on every tree

All nature seemed to be at rest

But, alas, there was no rest for me.

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I grieve to leave my native home

I grieve to leave my comrades all

And my parents whom I hold so dear

And the bonny, bonny lass that I do adore.

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The drums do beat and the horns do alarm

My captain calls; I must obey

Farewell, farewell, to Nova Scotia's charm

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

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I have two brothers and they are at rest.

Their hands are folded on their chest.

But a poor and simple sailor just like me

Must be tossed and turned on the deep, dark sea.

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