Chorus:
Here we
go, boys,
Let her
go, boys;
Turn her
head round to face the North Star;
Home is North, boys,
Let’s go
forth, boys
‘Til we hear the welcome bells
I see
the harbor, and the vessel,
That
will take me gently homeward;
‘Tis a beauty, bright and eager
To show her worth on the open sea.
Chorus
As we
pass out from the harbor
And the
south wind fills our sails out
Our eyes
drift northward, ever seeking
Signs and sightings of our home.
Chorus
Through
the days and through the evenings
As the miles
churn beneath ship’s keel;
Keep we our journey, ever northward
By the light of moon and sun.
Chorus
And now
we anchor in a harbor,
Where
the ocean greets the river -
And our
brothers throng the quay now
To welcome with the song of bells.
Chorus
-Written by Lord Morgan O'Lathlann, fili of the Royal Eastern College
of Bards and former Bard for the Barony of Carillion, Kingdom of the East, for Spanish Winter Games,
Kingdom of the East. The style is 'filk', to the tune of Mingulay Boat Song