Enter the Haggis - Noseworthy and Piercy [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[intro]
Noseworthy and Piercy were two fine fishermen
Off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
The ocean's an angel with the face of a flounder
As she holds the devil by the hand
As she holds the devil by the hand

[verse 1]
"Good catch to you all," calls the captain, Robert Rose
The dory boats are lowered where the fathoms fall below
The red sun scowls and the wind the wiser
Whispering a warning o'er the lines
Whispering a warning o'er the lines

Those who dwell ashore know nothing of the lore
And the glory and the mystery of the deep
Saltwater in our veins
The captain at the reins
Our wandering souls the freest
Our wandering souls the freest of the free

[verse 2]
When the mothership's cannon cracked the signal to return
The clouds were building bastions in the swirling up above
Poseidon the king and the wind his jester
Dancing with the Lightning Lady Fair
Dancing with the Lightning Lady Fair

The black water boiled and the dory pitched and toiled
Can you hear the claxon calling out your name
Are we anchored to a fate to die upon the waves
Far from all our family
Far from all our family and friends

[Chorus]
Tiny fingers
Pressed against the windowpane
Find your father's
Star upon the sea

Keep your faith and
Teeth beneath your pillowcase
Until the day that he
Returns again

[bridge]
The breath
Of wind
And bones
Of ice

They cast their cries into the night

Lost
Alone
Adrift
Alive

[verse 3]
After two days and nights with the oars in the grave
The two men were given for gone - gone away
Bitter news, it travels well, like a schooner on a swell
Their families learned the story of their fate

On the ocean high, a rescue had come by
And took them to the Old World on the far Atlantic side
After two months gone the blessed harbor of St. John's
Rolled in on the North Atlantic tide
Rolled in on the North Atlantic tide

For those who dwell ashore know nothing of the lore
And the glory and the mystery of the deep
But when the heart is strong you'll return where you belong
They made it back to Newfoundland
(They made it back to Newfoundland)
They made it back to Newfoundland again

[Chorus]