Tom: Dm Dm F C Dm F C Dm Am C [Verse] Dm F 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, C Dm It was said that any brave should take a stand, F Young men loved the fight, the pistol and the saddle, C Dm Am C So he made his way on down to Dixieland [Chorus] A Dm And his mother prayed for him, she prayed for his safe passage, A Dm She prayed that he came barely back alive, Dm F C Dm Dm F C Dm [Verse] Dm F That boy returned old but got his 40 acres, C Dm And they cleared the hemlock from that low hillside, F He built my father's house, and a barn when he was able, C Dm Still standing tall to prove he was alive. F Our daddy told us young, he would he the last one, C Dm To raise a livin from that Rocky land, F So I cross these many miles, I'm back again too often, C Dm Am C 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