Home Waters <br /> <br /> Ah there you are home waters<br /> Calling out to me<br /> As I sit here in your absence<br /> Far o'er the rolling sea<br /> <br /> I see your faint dark outline<br /> Your windswept ocean's swell<br /> That rocky coast of homeland<br /> Where I wish that I might dwell<br /> <br /> Your pearly beaches call me<br /> Where once more I yearn to laze<br /> And o'er your fine sweet vistas<br /> Once more would love to gaze<br /> <br /> Your purple mountains call me<br /> Beset in sunset's haze<br /> Hovering o'er green pastures<br /> Where cows and sheep do graze<br /> <br /> Your tidy out ports beckon<br /> With friendly embracing arms<br /> Where oh where can one find<br /> Places so heavily endowed with charms<br /> <br /> And if you find yourself astray<br /> When nigh time overtakes the day<br /> Just knock on any door and find<br /> You're welcomed in without delay<br /> <br /> To a cosy kitchen full of charm<br /> And caring souls with hearts aglow <br /> To have a warming spot of tea<br /> So welcoming you know<br /> <br /> Ah yes so many visions fine<br /> Spring instantly to my mind<br /> My dear old homeland I long for thee<br /> And for you I have so long pined<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> John Cornick<br /> Halifax, Nova Scotia<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />   Submitted By: John Cornick