Up aloft amidst the riggin
Sings each fresh exalting gale
Strong as springtime in the blossom
Filling out each flowing sail
And the wild waves left behind us
Seem to murmur as they flow
Tender hearts are there to greet you
In the land to which we go
Chorus
Rolling home rolling home
Rolling home across the sea
Rolling home to Caledonia
Rolling home dear land to thee
.
Like a thousand miles behind us
And a thousand miles from home
Ancient ocean heave’s to bare us
to that well remembered shore
And fresh breezes waft to guild us
To our childhood native skies
To the glow of friendly faces
And the beam of loving eye’s
.
Sailing eastward ever eastward
To the dawning of the morn
Sailing homeward ever homeward
To the land where we where born
And we’ll join in joyous chorus
Through the watches of the nights
For we’ll see shores of Scotland
By the dawning of the light