Key: B
Introduction:
E
Westering home with a song in the air
A E A B
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
E
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
E B A E
Isle of my heart, my own land
E B
Tell me of lands of the Orient gay
E A B
Speak of the riches that come from Cathay
E B
Ah but it's grand to be woken at day
E B A
And find yourself nearer to Islay
E
Westering home with a song in the air
A E A B
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
E
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
E B A E
Light of my heart, my own land
E B
Where are the folk like the folk of the west
E A B
Canty and couthy and kindly, the best
E B
There I would hie me and there I would rest
E B A
At home with my own folk in Islay
E
Westering home with a song in the air
A E A B
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
E
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
E B A E
Light of my heart, my own land
Instrumental
E B
Now I'm at home and at home I do lay
E A B
Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay
E B
I'll board a good ship and I'll be on my way
E B A
And bring back my fortune to Islay
E
Westering home with a song in the air
A E A B
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
E
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
E B A E
Light of my heart, my own land
Chorus 2
F#
Westering home with a song in the air
B F# B C#
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
F#
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
F# C# B F#
Light of my heart, my own land
Instrumental
A
Westering home with a song in the air
D A D E
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
A
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
A E D A
Light of my heart, my own land
A
Westering home with a song in the air
D A D E
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
A
Laughter and love and a welcoming there
A E D A
Light of my heart, my own land
A E D A
Light of my heart, my own land