I wrote this song simply to try to encapsulate the numerous stories of emigration from these hills and shores to foreign lands, such as Canada, where people took their songs, stories, tunes and dances with them, and many many years later their descendents return to 'reintroduce' them to the land their ancestors left.

Gone Away, Coming Back

C

we must be away

we can no longer stay

Am

we must go

C

we are gone

C

we have our ways

words, jigs, reels, song

Am

we play on

C

we stay strong

F

we will come back

C

we will give back

F

we will bring back

C

we will be back

G7

to stay

C

to stay

C

we must be away

we can no longer stay

Am

we must go

C

we are gone

C

we have our ways

words, jigs, reels, song

Am

we play on

C

we stay strong

F

we will come back

C

we will give back

F

we will bring back

C

we will be back

G7

to stay

C

to stay