Caledonia Lyrics - Singles - Dan Mccafferty

From the loins of a fisherman 

From the harbour of crail he went sailing 

And his first born son left the rolling sea 

Went into the earth to make his living 

No light of the sun did he ever see 

And the coal it broke and scarred him 

And in his heart was the chilling fear 

That same day the mine would take him 

But far freedom's fight in the h.l.i. 

On a foreign field he was taken 

And the pension left in his daughter's hand 

Had to love and feed the children 

Oh caledonia 

Caledonia 

Oh caledonia 

She quartered at a rose street inn 

She favoured the capitals gentlemen 

And from shame she saved the family name 

Made a husband of a lover 

From their union come a rhyming man 

With his band he crossed the oceon 

And the pride of caledonio 

Made his name 

Oh caledonia 

Caledonia 

Oh caledonia 

Caledonia 

{side two begins} 

August, 15, 1989: one hundned men from all over the world sailed 

Across the sea, hoping to discover an island somewhere beyond the 

Horizon... nowhere-land. they left their wives and children behind, 

Hoping that someday they shall follow...