A longing for the Auld Country

[Mike1]

Dee, if you think you feel it burning inside you now, just you wait until you actually stand there. When you suddenly feel more at home than at any other time in your life.

Here are the lyrics of a special song, one that will somtimes allow our friends 'back home' understand how we can feel so passionately about our roots -

BORN BEYOND THE BORDER
(Maggie Innes/Gordon Menzies)

Some set sail for Africa with bibles in their hands
Some were forced to the Colonies to build a new Heartland
Even those on the work of the Lord could scarce forbear to weep
But the bitterest tears were shed by those who made way for the sheep

Chorus:
Though we’re born beyond the border don’t say we don’t belong
We’ve a legacy of Bruce and Wallace too
We’re the children of the Clearances the wanderers old and young
And the heart and soul of Scotland just like you

The names, the songs, the stories and the measure of their loss
Formed lullabies for children born beneath the Southern Cross
All across the mighty Rockies to the wide Pacific shore
The names of home, old towns reborn, spring into life once more

Chorus

So when you sing of the Great White Sheep this you must also know
While Scotland mourns her tragedy it was us that had to go
In exile now far away from the land of their Race’s birth
We’re a living flag of Andrew scattered all across the Earth

Chorus

[Colin]

Dee, if you think you feel it burning inside you now, just you wait until you actually stand there. When you suddenly feel more at home than at any other time in your life.

Once home, you will really understand the meaning of the word "jonesing" as you will long to go back. It's been 6 years since I was in Scotland and Ireland, and I cannot wait to go back.