Welcome -

You had to leave like you were cast far and wide

You didn’t have a choice

There was nothing to decide

Without food in our bellies

Without a pick in our bones

Without a scrap on our backs

We had to leave our homes…

So welcome home

Even though you’re far from yours

Welcome home

Welcome to these shores.

You don’t have to change your culture or your ways

Your language or your heart

You’re welcome as you are…

Don’t listen to their words

We won’t leave you down

They’re traitors to our dead

To our history abroad

We sailed on coffin ships

To many foreign shores

We were welcome to their lands

And now the turn is ours…

So welcome home

Even though you’re far from yours

Welcome home

Welcome to these shores.

You don’t have to change your culture or your ways

Your language or your heart

You’re welcome as you are…