Welcome

You had to leave like you were cast far and wide
You didn't have a choice
There was nothing to decide
Without food in our bellies
Without a pick in our bones
Without a scrap on our backs
We had to leave our homes...

So welcome home
Even though you're far from yours
Welcome home
Welcome to these shores..
You don't have to change your culture or your ways
Your language or your heart
You're welcome as you are...

Don't listen to their words
We won't leave you down
They're traitors to our dead
To our history abroad
We sailed on coffin ships
To many foreign shores
We were welcome to their lands
And now the turn is ours...

So welcome home
Even though you're far from yours
Welcome home
Welcome to these shores..
You don't have to change your culture or your ways
Your language or your heart
You're welcome as you are...