'Westering Home' is a wistful, ballad for many years sung by
homesick sailors returning from long voyages around the world, and has become
The Islay Song. Here it is performed by Norma Monroe and her delightful
crystal clear voice.
Westering home and a song in the air
Light in the eye and it's goodbye to care
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
Isle of my heart my own one.
Tell me o' lands of the Orient gay
Speak o' the riches and joys of Cathay
Ay but it's grand to be wakin' at day
To find yourself nearer to Islay.
Where are the folk like the folk o' the west
Canty and couthie and kindly the best
There I would hie me and there I would rest
At hame wi' my ain folk on Islay.
Westering home and a song in the air
Light in the eye and it's goodbye to care
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
Isle of my heart my own one.
Westering Home = Sailing west for home
Canty & Couthie = Cheerful and homely
hame wi'my ain = home with my own
hie me = to have me (to stay)
The Coast of Heaven?
Bruichladdich is proud to have been immortalized in a cool song written by
Robin Laing following a visit to the distillery last year. A reference in the
song to ‘The Coast of Heaven’ coincides with the discovery that the colour of
the universe, commonly held to be black, is in fact Bruichladdich’s aquamarine.
Spooky or what?
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You can also view a "Microsoft Powerpoint" slide show which we have compiled
to match the song. Click
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