Dmi     F              C

1. Oh the sun was setting in the west

        Dmi                    C     Dmi

   the birds were singing on every tree

   F              C

   all of nature seemed inclined for to rest

    Dmi        Bb          Ami      Dmi

   but still there was no rest for me.



        F                        C

R: Farewell to Nova Scotia your sea-bound coast

             Dmi                    C  Dmi

   let your mountains dark and dreary be

         F             C

   for when I am far away on the briny ocean tossed

    Dmi           Bb                  Ami      Dmi

   will you ever give a thought or a wish for me?



2. I grieve to leave my native home

   I grieve to leave my comrades all

   and my dear aged parents I love so well

   and the bonnie bonnie lassie I do adore.

R:



3. I have two brothers they are at rest

   their arms are folded upon their breast

   but a poor lonely sailor just like me

   must be tossed and driven on the deep blue sea.

R:



4. For the drums they do beat and the horns do alarm

   the captain calls and we must obey

   so farewell farewell to Nova Scotia shores

   for its early in the morning I am far far away.

R: