The Langley Ukulele Ensemble performed it while at the Tattoo in 2007, but it was one of the Tattoo's themes in 2008.
The song's writer is Jamie Thomas. He's a teacher in Langley, BC and wrote this song in honour of his beloved Nova Scotia.
NOVA SCOTIA'S BECKONING SHORES
by Jamie Thomas
CHORUS:
C G7 A- C F G7 C F C
Nova Scotia your mystery reigns on - now as ever before
A- F
Capturing all of your sons and your daughters
D- G7
And tying our hearts to your shores
C G7 A- C F G7 C F C
Bringing us dreams of people and scenes, and motionless seagulls that soar
F G7 E7 A- F G7 C
And making us pray that we will one day return to your beckoning shores
C E-
Down in Mahone Bay where boats reflect sun rays
F D-
Beneath the fine homes on the hill
F C D7 G7
Three steeples reach for the heavens above, Christening the skies that they fill
C E- F D-
The Bay of Fundy tide makes all the water hide far from Blomiden's view
F G7 E7 A- F G7
The powers that bring the water again Shall bring me back one day to:
CHORUS
C E-
In Neil's Harbour they say that Heaven's not far away
F D-
And some think they're already there
F C D7 G7
With beaches and mountains and long wooded trails And the smell of the sea in the air
C E- F D-
Out on the Gulf Shore as bonfire flames soar, three provinces in our view lay
F G7 E7 A- F G7
And the sunsets that glow on the farmland below Shall bring me back one day to:
CHORUS
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