HARRI WEBB

Rampage & Revel

To the Shores of Patagonia

            (1865)

It's goodbye to the land we love so well,

It's goodbye to our folks so kind,

We've risked our lives on the ocean swell

And we're leaving Wales behind.

Yes, we're taking leave of the land we love

A new world for to find,

And we put our trust in the Lord above

And we hope our fates will be kind

On the shores of Patagonia.

It's goodbye to the pits of Mountain Ash

And the streets of Caernarfon town

The loud gales howl and the high waves splash,

We may float or we may drown,

But we're sailing away from the landlord's lash

And the cruel coal-owners' frown

And though our decks are deep awash

May we safely be set down

On the shores of Patagonia.

Yes we left our homes and some may blame

That we didn't stay to fight,

But we're taking an ancient nation's name

To a land where the stars are bright,

Beyond the reach of the tyrants claws,

And there with all our might

We'll raise our flag, and freedom's cause

Will establish as of right

On the shores of Patagonia.

We're a long way out on the western wave,

Who have never sailed before

And as the screaming storm winds rave

How we long for a friendly shore.

But a new born child has cried aloud

To answer the blind gale's roar,

And we voyage on with hearts made proud,

For we know there'll be many more

On the shores of Patagonia.