Applecross Bay

歌詞

Two ruined villages scatter the shore Cottages open to rain and to seaspray I stood and I wondered at time and at change In the fields above Applecross Bay Sing me no songs of the right and the wrongs of it Fingers of blame point to some other day But I felt the cold wind of history's chill In the fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay Sailors and fisher-folk, spinners and kelpers Planting and harvesting, gathering hay Living and dying and loving and crying In the fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay Strangers came calling with fire and with sword Soldiers and bailiffs to drive them away Hunger and misery sent them at last From the fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay Gulls wheel high over billow and foam Calling like mothers of children who never came home Huddled and frightened, the old world behind them The New world is calling, the ship under way Who can imagine their thoughts as they last saw The fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay Two ruined villages scatter the shore Cottages open to wind and to sea-spray I stood and I wondered at time and at change In the fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay Down where the sky meets the sea Raasay and Rona lie peaceful at rest Sheep graze where children once played In the fields above Applecross Bay