As I near old Fogo Isle
I suppress an inward smile
Anticipating joy as best I can
I'm coming home today
And I'm coming home to stay
Don't you consider me a lucky man
There's summer in the air
And the sea is calm and fair
As the ferry winds her way across the sound
Through the islands in the bay
On this warm and perfect day
A more serene and peaceful place could not be found
My heart is full of fears
First trip in forty years
To the village that I left long years ago
They say you can't return
A lesson I may learn
Cause this town and I have changed more than I know
As I near old Fogo Isle
I suppress an inward smile
Anticipating joy as best I can
I'm coming home today
And I'm coming home to stay
Don't you consider me a lucky man
And are my friends still there
Childhood chums of yesteryear
Together we all played on bawn and cove
Have some gotten old and grey
Are some buried in the clay
And who have chosen other lands to rove
Well the hills of home are there
And I say a little prayer
My dreams of going back I will fulfill
Once again to see the cove
And the paths I used to rove
And full moon rise behind the Woody Hill
As I near old Fogo Isle
I suppress an inward smile
Anticipating joy as best I can
I'm coming home today
And I'm coming home to stay
Don't you consider me a lucky man
All things come to him who waits
I'm going down through Tate's
Across the brook along the beach of sand
To hill and then beyond
To the harbour and the pond
Don't you consider me a lucky man
As I near old Fogo Isle
I suppress an inward smile
Anticipating joy as best I can
I'm coming home today
And I'm coming home to stay
Don't you consider me a lucky man
Don't you consider me a lucky man