Dick Holdstock and Allan MacLeod sang a very different "Cape Breton Farewell" on their Seasoned Songs CD:

CAPE BRETON FAREWELL

Late spring, the leaves all green
There's sheep on the hillside, there's birds on the wing
Over my shoulder the last time I'm seeing
The old home all weathered and gray.

CHORUS:
And I'm leaving for Halifax to see what's to spare
In the way of some work and if there's nothing there
It's Toronto out west to God only knows where
But there's bound to be friends from back home.

We talked till three, my father and me
And the fiddle tunes flowed like the clear Margaree
Never forget who you are son, said he
And I followed my brothers away.

One thing I know wherever I go
My heart's in Cape Breton, it will always be so
Whenever the fiddler rosins the bow
My first and last thoughts are for home