Ferry Me Over - Andy M. Stewart

I was forced to wander

Because that I was poor

And to leave the hills of Caledonia

Seemed more than I could endure

And when that I was travellin'

Oh what thought came take my mind

That I had never seen her beauty

'Til she was far behind

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than heart can bear

When lost in distant days gone by

Where the simple joys I'd know

Foreign winds cried Caledonia

It's time you were go in home

So I will find the tallest ship

That's ever faced the foam

And I will sail to Caledonia

For Caledonia's my home

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than the heart can bear

By some friend or neighbor's side

Where the fires of love burn bright

With songs and stories I'll share my adventurin'

Until the mornin' light

And should some young man

Ask of me

Is it brave or wise to roam

I'd bid him range the wide world all over

The better to know his own home

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than the heart can bear

I was forced to wander

Because that I was poor

And to leave the hills of Caledonia

Seemed more than I could endure

And when that I was travellin'

Oh what thought came take my mind

That I had never seen her beauty

'Til he was far behind

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than the heart can bear

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than the heart can bear

Ferry me over

Ferry me there

To leave the hills of Caledonia

Is more than the heart can bear

Ferry me over

Ferry me there