ROLLING HOME

I could feel the west wind blowing, I could hear the seabirds call
I could see you standing waving as we left the old North Wall
Many thousand miles before me on the blue and windy sea
Lonely miles and lonely hours lie between my love and me

Chorus:
Rolling home, rolling home, rolling home across the sea
Rolling home to darlin' Dublin, rolling home my love to thee

I have sailed the Indian Ocean, walked on Egypt's burning sand
Seen New Zealand's misty mountains, worked all through Van Diemen's Land
But my heart kept ever turning to the place I'd left behind
And the girl whose love sustained me, she was always on my mind

Chorus

Call all hands to man the capstan, see the cable running clear
Pull her 'round and with a will, boys, for old Ireland we will steer
Clear your sheets and man your halyards, let the homebound breezes blow
There's a mighty welcome waiting in the land to which we go

Chorus

Words by Tommy Makem
Music traditional
copyright 1987