McKeon’s Coming

[Verse 1]
Now when the wind is bright with the spring
The snow has gone away
The days grow long and the time has come
To hoist my sail and go
And I'll hear no more your dungeon door
Nor eat your bitter beans
Surely it's a long and a hungry road
'Til McKeon's home again

[Verse 2]
I'll go down by the Naskeag sound
Where the tide runs fast and strong
The water's deep and the hills are steep
And the nights are cold and long
And through the rocks of Jericho
I'll wind my weary way
And roll her off for Sable, aye
And the grey seas of Fundy

[Verse 3]
For the wind is fair and the tide's at the spring
And the time has come to go
Heist my sail on a northern wind
And I'll be on my way
Ah, but there's no one can go with me
And there's no one by my side
Surely it's a long and a lonely road
For the Straits of Canso

[Verse 4]
Oh, the wind is fair and the tide's at the spring
And the time has come to go
Heist my sail on a northern wind
And I'll be on my way
And I'll hear no more your dungeon door
Nor eat your bitter beans
Surely it's a long and a hungry road
'Til McKeon's home again