Niel Gow's Apprentice

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's over

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's done

I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

Listen Neil, the apprentice has begun

Old man Luke's at his ingle nook and he wonders

His brother in a foreign land he must remain

Grieved about the life they choose

Each would wear the other one's shoes

This motherland is a source of constant pain

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's over

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's done

I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

Listen Neil, the apprentice has begun

From Blinbrig I heard your music call

In the outback still I have your song

Feeding from a foreign field

With far more fish than the brand to yield

This trip will be my last and it won't be long

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's over

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's done

I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

Listen Neil, the apprentice has begun

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's over

Oh no more, well I roam no more, it's done

I'll sit beneath the fiddle tree

With the ghost of Neil Gow next to me

Listen Neil, the apprentice has begun