Tall Ship
by
Duncan Ferguson

I'm on a tall ship upon the high seas
In chains, a prisoner of his majesty
And for his pleasure I did not agree
To be on this tall ship (on the high seas) *repeat

It's only a month I was hunting the deer
Peat fires burning and not have a care
Now my brothers lay dead on the moor
No water or bread will they (taste any more) *repeat

Oh Caledonia
We are your sons
On a ship on the sea
Ship of slavery
Norfolk Virginia we are bound * (repeat)

Clare was cooking by the fireside
Wee Jamie lying right by her side
They used and abused her, they locked her inside
The burning cottages where (my Jamie lies*repeat)

I'm on a tall ship a long way from home
In shackles and chains with nowhere to go
Freedom is for the rich don't you know
In shackles and chains a (long way from home) * repeat

Oh Caledonia
We are your sons
On a ship on the sea
Ship of slavery
Norfolk Virginia we are bound * (repeat)

Hotter than hell now we land on the shore
I look at my body all covered in sores
Tied up like cattle they pull us along
Through swampland and woodland (they hurry us on) *repeat

The smell of the sulphur it floats through the air
The whip on my back it lays my flesh bare
My blood and sweat it falls to the ground
In the swampland the mosquitoes they fly all around
As I fall to the ground* (repeat)

Lyrics by Duncan Ferguson, Highland Music Inc.

This song is about the plight of people in Scotland, torn from their homes 
and thrown onto slave ships in the 17th century.  
Duncan Ferguson is from the Highlands of Scotland, 
and has written many songs about the people of Scotland and their history.

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