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The Islands
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Ralph McTell
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We do not fear the long ships We've seen long ships before Men sailed here from the north land And hauled their boats ashore They brought with them the music The language and the law And burned their boats and stayed here On the islands It's midday in the wintertime Before the moon does pale The winter songs are very long The storm winds and the gales The midnight sun's as distant As the ca'ing of the whales Till spring returns again To paint the islands The grey seals and the otter The salmon and the charr The land bound and the sea trapped The free birds of the air The shepherd and the farmer And all those in their care Harmonise the music Of the islands
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