Here's a song written by Geordie MacIntyre for the anniversary of Scots landing here in Midcoast Maine in 1753

Promised Land Words: © Geordie McIntyre 17/08/03
                                                                        Tune: To Pad the Road wi' Me
                                                                        
        
1.It was in 1753,
In the summer o? that year
Some stood silent, others cheered
As we left the Greenock Quay
We raised a prayer to give us strength
An? banish all our fear(s)
As we voyaged to a promised land
Across the Western Sea?

2.We had maistly cam? frae Stirling
An? Glasgow toon as well
An the Greenlaw family, frae Edinbro
The truth tae ye I?ll tell?
There was Malcolm and Kirkpatrick
Miller and Johnstone too
Weavers, Cooperss and a maker-o?- slates
Just tae name a few.

3.The time was in oor favour
An? providence proved kind
Our course was sure and steadfast
As The Dolphin rode the wind
Those weary weeks drew to a close
When we saw the landbirds fly
Then Captain Couters smiled an? he said
The wooded coast was nigh?

4.We landed at Piscataquis
Our first port of call
Then north to Georges River
To reach our final goal
When we reached the sylvan shore
A pipe ? tune filled our ears
Aye, there was mony a fit that danced a reel
An? mony an eye, wi? tears

5.We had trials and tribulations
Which, in time, we did surmount
We knew the worth o? friendship
And the principles that count
This land has been a blessing
To me an a? my kin
So I raise my glass to America
An old ? Scotia far ahin!


v4: fit = foot
v5: ahin = behind

Also How about "The Shamrock Shore"

From Londonderry we set sail
All on the 8th of May
We had a sweet and pleasant gale
Going out of Moville Bay
fresh water we had twenty tons
For passengers did store
Lest we should want going to St John
Far from the Shamrock Shore

And it's up with the anchor and the angry billows roar
WE'll drink a toast to the times we had while on the Shamrock Shore

etc etc The Irish Rovers recorded it a long time ago