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Oh, soon I'll return to the isle of my birthplace,
Her beauteous nature is calling to me;
Keep your footsteps in yon boyhood wander,
As daily I stroll through the Vale Of Margaree.
I think of the fields and the dew glistening mornings,
How sweet is the memory that comes back to me;
Midst the fragrance of wildflowers, the hillside, the dawning,
As I roam through the braes of old Killtarate.
Down through the glen and the deep rustling woodlands,
The soft flowing river gently murmers to me;
Down through the meadows and the sweet scented hayland,
That raises the beauty in the Vale Of Margaree.
At twilight I pass and I quietly ponder,
As the sun throws a kiss to the landscape below;
Bidding farewell to another day's dawning,
Again when the Master His beauty unfolds.
Note: Inspired by the Ryan's Fancy CBC Television series, the Ryan's Fancy Show, which travelled to Cape Breton Island in the Vale of Margaree on March 27, 1977, with special guest Frances MacDonald, a Scottish piper who was a member of the Black Watch Regiment. The crew visited Frances and his family there.
