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Southlands

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I was born in this land And I run among the barley I remember those times like yesterday I knew nothing of me father Just the tales told by me mother As we slept by the horses in the hay In the Southlands sheโ€™d say They take rest in their goose beds And loll away on the cold winter nights But donโ€™t be leaving nor reavinโ€™ Like a borderless heathen Like your daddy Who took the wrong way home With the wind at our backs We took our leave after the harvest 13 men and their charges rode away We forged through the rains Hit like hammers on upon the anvil But returned only few upon the day In the Southlands we paid With our fair share of blood upon Our saddles - and a lifetime of tears I was thieving โ€“ I was reavinโ€™ Like a borderless heathen Like my daddy I took the wrong way home Ghost and kin Come to me at every hour Somewhere out there in the mist Lay a child who never will run among the barley Run among the barley Ghost and kin Come to me at every hour โ€“ every day And they wonโ€™t let me forget About a child who never will run among the barley Run among the barley