| From the landing of Portree | |
| To the wild Cape Breton coast | |
| Every mile in between | |
| And on every word I spoke | |
| (Chorus) | |
| You never left me all the miles | |
| You were with me all the way | |
| On every cloud that drifted by | |
| Every wave my bow did break | |
| Where the fire meets the sky | |
| In the land of coal and steel | |
| I still feel you by my side | |
| I feel I always will | |
| Chorus | |
| And it makes a poor man strong | |
| To have a sense of home | |
| And the ground on which I stand | |
| Knows no distance to me when | |
| Chorus |