Dear Island

Dear Island,
I’m writing you to say
That the feelings that I have for you
Will never go away, away
I’ll send them across the bay

Dear Island,
Your moods they fall and rise
Glowing in my mind, misty
On the horizon line
Today they evade my eye

Way ah hey, hi ri don den
La dee da day do

Dear Island,
The birds fly overhead
No ocean, bridge, or flooded ridge
Could keep them from your stead
If the skies are blue or gray

Dear Island,
We slept upon your hills
Where the rising tide
would not abide
The fields where we lay
At sunrise would we wake

Dear Island,
May this letter find you sane
All the nights and days
since we parted ways
Can not escape my mind, away
On a printed heart they’ll stay

Dear Island,
I’m dreaming of the day
Of a sweet return to you I yearn
‘Til our schemes gang aft aglay
You’ll welcome us to stay