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William Brewster Dreams of America
Reg Meuross
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William says to Mary, "We're strangers in our land."
Mary says to William, "Will I understand?
What about the children? We'll give them what they need
Give them truth, clothes and shoes and something good to eat."
Through the Fens in darkness from Boston they set sail
Two miles out at Scotia Creek the expedition failed
The English captain robbed them and turned the ship around
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Working for the king's own coin the catchpole took them down
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Mary took the children, Patience, Love and Fear
She bore them to God's calling; God didn't call them here
She'd take them to the New World; a new life waited there
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With passage on the Mayflower, William turned to prayer
Oh say can you see by dawn's holy light
Dreams of America
Innocent pilgrims are drawn from the night
To dreams of America
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Those who sailed from Devon shore barely half survived
From disease and deprivation and broken hearts they died
Leaving just four women to fifty youths and men
But William slept with no regret, said he'd do it all again
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Seven years of hardship and Mary had passed on
Patience was a weak child; she'd follow before long
Love and Fear bore children and William held them dear
His legacy, that man be free, lived on in Love and Fear
They sailed by the moon, the first giant leap
Dreams of America
On star-spangled oceans to faith's righteous sleep
Dreams of America
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