A Legacy of the Highland Clearances | |
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| Gaelic | English |
| Air na mor uisgean am meadhon na tir 's cuimne Holsta na 'r cridhe An ceangal freasdail le cheile gluasad gu air cuibhrean lionadh Muigh air a chuan uisgean Muigh mise 's tu fhein Muigh air chuan uisgean Fad air falbh ann an tir shamhach 'Sa bheil craobhan teine-dhearg ruighinn traigh Thu gaire 's sinn smuaineach 's ag aisling na tha 'n dan dhuinn feitheamh maireach 's briseadh la Muigh air a chuan uisgean Muigh mise 's tu fhein Muigh air chuan uisgean Muigh air a chuan uisgean Feitheamh roimh-ordachadh Muigh air chuan uisgean An seo 's na coilltean a Siar Sar bheil grian a loisgeas mar theine Ar cinn a tionndadh le fiamh - chuimhne Cluinntean coisir 's ceol na coille Muigh air a chuan uisgean Feitheamh roimh-ordachadh Muigh air chuan uisgean |
Out on the inland sea with dreams of Tolsta in our hearts Bound by fate and by history, we go together to play our part Out on the inland sea Out just you and me Out on the inland sea Far away in this silent land where trees flaming crimson touch the shore You smile, we dream and think of our destiny and await tomorrow's breaking dawn Out on the inland sea Out just you and me Out on the inland sea Out on the inland sea We wait on destiny Out on the inland sea Our here, by the western woods where sun burns relentless like a fire Our heads, they turn with a dim memory and we behold the forest choir Out on the inland sea we wait on destiny out on the inland sea |
| Background |
In August of 1852, one hundred and nine Lewis families gathered at the Lakeport town of Goderich. Some of the group had now been in Upper Canada for almost a year, others had just arrived on a tub of a ship called the Blanche which an emigration official in St. John had described as "a very unfit vessel" the previous year. The Hebridean Crofters had come to the new world with the impression that land would be provided for them upon arrival. When it became apparent that this was not the case, Scottish charities in Hamilton stepped in and maintained the group until the Lewis men found work with the Great Western Railway. On July 31, 1852, properties did become available in the County of Bruce but at a cost of $2. 50 per acre. And so in the late summer of 1852, these fisher folk and help gatherers from a remote island in the North Atlantic found themselves boarding small vessels in a tree laden wilderness as removed from so called civilization as was their former island home. The tiny boats would take them up Lake Huron's untouched shoreline to their new home, deep in the Canadian woods. |
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