Farewell to Nova Scotia
(source: "Jubilee Songbook", Girl Guides of Canada, 1971.)

Thanks to Karen Hobson for e-mailing me the words to this song!

Chorus:

So Farewell to Nova Scotia

Your seabound 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 or a wish for me

The sun was setting in the west

The birds were singing on every tree

All nature seemed inclined to rest

But still there was no rest for me

I grieve to leave my native land

I grieve to leave my comrades all

And my parents whom I love so dear

And the bonny bonny lass that I do adore

The drums 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

I have three brothers and they are at rest

Their arms are folded on their breast

While a poor simple sailor just like me

Must be tossed and driven o'er the dark blue sea