Dan Mccafferty - Caledonia Lyrics
From the loins of a fishermanFrom the harbour of crail he went sailingAnd his first born son left the rolling seaWent into the earth to make his livingNo light of the sun did he ever seeAnd the coal it broke and scarred himAnd in his heart was the chilling fearThat same day the mine would take himBut far freedoms fight in the h.l.i.On a foreign field he was takenAnd the pension left in his daughters handHad to love and feed the childrenOh caledoniaCaledoniaOh caledoniaShe quartered at a rose street innShe favoured the capitals gentlemenAnd from shame she saved the family nameMade a husband of a loverFrom their union come a rhyming manWith his band he crossed the oceonAnd the pride of caledonioMade his nameOh caledoniaCaledoniaOh caledoniaCaledonia{side two begins}August, 15, 1989: one hundned men from all over the world sailedAcross the sea, hoping to discover an island somewhere beyond theHorizon... nowhere-land. they left their wives and children behind,Hoping that someday they shall follow...
