When first he rounded Pabay Mor And met the mountain waves alone There was fear till there was fear no more Wild Atlantic son And he learned her gentle he learned her strong Till he could feel her every heaving breath And he knew that he could do no wrong Wild Atlantic son On the shoulders of the ocean On the bare back of the sea Held in her eternal motion Someone to carry me Well, the tide rolls dark round Gallen head And the wind has nowhere left to turn And the broken rocks the sea will bleed Wild Atlantic son And there she sleeps and there she roars And the moment surging foul becomes It's a force to steal the sailor's life Wild Atlantic son On the shoulders of the ocean On the bare back of the sea Held in her eternal motion Someone to carry me When first he left the west Loch Roag In gentle calm and sunset fill With wandered eyes he dreamed so still Wild Atlantic son On the shoulders of the ocean On the bare back of the sea Held in her eternal motion Someone to carry me