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June Tabor
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Across The Wide Ocean
They hunted us like deer
Across the island
Through famine, fire and fear
We sailed in tens of thousands
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Far away in our ships
With white sails
They said we'd have a farm
With land for growing
They offered us the choice
To starve or else be goin'
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Through sickness and hunger
And gales
They said we'd no homes here
For they were burning
Take your children to the pier
For they'll not be returning
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
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Across the wide ocean
Where a sheep is worth more
Than a man
We sailed eleven weeks
To late September
And those who lived did spread
We'll cling to things remembered
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
But they'll die in another
Man's band
And man still steals from man
In every nation
The rich take what they can
For the poor more emigration
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
Across the wide ocean
For we still have our ships
With white sails
- Special thanks to E for sharing the lyric.
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