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[Verse]
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A long long time ago, where Scotland meets the water
C Dm
They climbed aboard a schooner headed west,
F
For safe passage they did pray, with their sons and their daughters,
C Dm
To a new world they hoped to be the best.
They rode the waves for weeks
F
To the mouth of the St. Lawrence,
C Dm
And crawled off that boat in Montreal.
[Verse]
Generations lived and died,
F
Between the river and the border,
C Dm
But from the other side there came a deadly call.
F
Far to the south, sabers had been rattled,
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It was said that any brave should take a stand,
F
Young men loved the fight, the pistol and the saddle,
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So he made his way on down to Dixieland
[Chorus]
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And his mother prayed for him, she prayed for his safe passage,
A Dm
She prayed that he came barely back alive,
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[Verse]
Dm F
That boy returned old but got his 40 acres,
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And they cleared the hemlock from that low hillside,
F
He built my father's house, and a barn when he was able,
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Still standing tall to prove he was alive.
F
Our daddy told us young, he would he the last one,
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To raise a livin from that Rocky land,
F
So I cross these many miles, I'm back again too often,
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My journey with my guitar in my hand,
[Chorus]
A Dm
And my mother prays for me, she prays for my safe passage,
A Dm
She prays that I will make it back alive
