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After 1820, thousands of Scottish families were forced to emigrate during ‘The Clearances’ – a time when landlords, eager to consolidate small properties into large, profitable sheep farms, evicted their tenants to do so, often brutally. Those who sailed to the Canadian Province of Nova Scotia (latin:New Scotland) found land in the rear of earlier settlements in Cape Breton and the eastern part of the colony
lyrics
Aboard the Nova Scotia (Lyrics)
The passengers who boarded
The good ship Nova Scotia
When lords of land were destiny of fate
Distant land of neighbour clans
Atlantic bound for all who planned
A life in Halifax the Alba way
Let it sail, let it sail, let it sail, let it sail
Watching from the shore it seemed
Abandoning by hordes
Who never wanted things to change its not our way
Lands of home hand built by stone
Decided now by foreign throne
The farming land of value now re-claimed
Let it sail, let it sail, let it sail, let it sail
The clearances they took effect
A cloud of smoke the country wept
Elizabeth and George they had their way
Ten years passed a nation gasped
Two thousand families daily massed
On board the Nova Scotia sailed away
Let it sail, let it sail, let it sail, let it sail
credits
released September 1, 2012
Music and Lyrics - Neil Mitchell
Arranged by - Peter O'Shea
Co-Produced by - Neil Mitchell and Peter O’Shea
Vocals and Acoustic Guitar - Neil Mitchell
Cello, Fiddle, Mandolin - Peter O'Shea
Percussion - Gideon Marcus
Recorded and Engineered by Tony Salter at TBone Tunes Studio, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Cover Design - Andrew Woodworth
Photography by Phil Thirkell
Born Scotland now living the dream in Melbourne, Australia
I’ve been around bands and music most of my life, my journey
to get to this day has inspired me to write and record songs telling my story and the history that may have led me to this great place I now call home....more
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