Chorus:
Westering home and a song in the air
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
Laughter o` love and a welcoming there
Isle o` my heart my own one
Tell me o` lands o` the Orient gay
Speak o` the riches and joys o` Cathay
Aye but its grand to be wakin` each day
To find yourself nearer to Islay
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Where are the folk like the folk o` the West
Cantie and couthie and kindly the best (cheerful and pleasant)
There I would hie me and there I would rest (hide)
At hame wi` my ain folk in Islay (home with my own)
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