Gibson Brothers - Safe passage

^DmA long long time ago, where ^FScotland meets the water They ^Cclimbed aboard a schooner headed we^Dmst, For safe passage they did pray, with ^Ftheir sons and their daughters, To a new ^Cworld they hoped to be the be^Dmst.

To the ^Fmouth of the St. Lawrence, And ^Ccrawled off that boat in Montre^Dmal.

Between the ^Friver and the border, But from the o^Cther side there came a deadly ca^Dmll.

Far to the south, s^Fabers had been rattled, It was s^Caid that any brave should take a st^Dmand, Young men loved the fight, t^Fhe pistol and the saddle, So he mad^Ce his way on down to Dixiela^Dmnd ^{Am C}

And^A his mother prayed for him, she prayed for his safe pass^Dmage, She^A prayed that he came barely back ali^Dmve,

^DmThat boy returned old but got^F his 40 acres, And they ^Ccleared the hemlock from that low hills^Dmide, He built my father's house, and a ^Fbarn when he was able, Still ^Cstanding tall to prove he was al^Dmive.

Our daddy told us young, h^Fe would he the last one, To r^Caise a livin from that Rocky lan^Dmd,

So I cross these many miles, I'm b^Fack again too often, My j^Courney with my guitar in my ha^Dmnd, ^{Am C}

And m^Ay mother prays for me, she prays for my safe pass^Dmage, She^A prays that I will make it back al^Dmive