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Thread #45553   Message #674643
Posted By: Shanty Kees
23-Mar-02 - 06:07 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ainster Harbour (Scot. Song/McCalmans)
Subject: Lyr Add: AINSTER HARBOUR (Nick Keir/McCalmans)
Here are the words. Nick Keir, who wrote the song, is a member of the McCalmans.

Kees

AINSTER HARBOUR
(Nick Keir)

Saw her walking by the harbour, where the fishing boats are tied,
Sunlight shining on the water, summer dancing in her eyes.
Young men standing on the sea shore, watch the water's ebb and flow,
Old men standing on the quayside, telling tales of long ago.

CHORUS:
Sailed my ship on lakes of summer, sailed her through the winter's blast,
Ainster Harbour holds me safely, come to rest at last.

All the colours of the world are fading, as the sun sinks from the sky.
Old men standing on the quayside turn their heads as she goes by.
Even now I'm singing softly, dreaming gently through the night.
Dawn will break on many harbours, gilded by the morning light. CHORUS

I have travelled far and lonely, beat against the raging seas,
Anchored out beyond the islands, sailed with every rising breeze.
There between the scattered rockpools, by the water's rising foam,
Watch her footsteps guide me landwards, watch her footsteps guide me home. CHORUS