Westering home and a song in the air Light in the eye and its goodbye to care Laughter o' love and a welcoming there Isle of my heart my own one And it's westering home and a song in the air Light in the eye and its goodbye to care Laughter o' love and a welcoming there Isle of my heart my own one Tell me o' lands of the Orient gay Speak of the riches and toys of Cathay Ah, but it's grand to be wakin' each day To find yourself nearer to Islay Westering home and a song in the air Light in the eye and its goodbye to care Laughter o' love and a welcoming there Isle of my heart my own one Where are the folk like the folk o' the west Canty and couthy and kindly, the best There I would hie me and there I would rest At hame with my ain folk in Islay Westering home and a song in the air Light in the eye and its goodbye to care Laughter o' love and a welcoming there Isle of my heart my own one Westering home and a song in the air Light in the eye and its goodbye to care Laughter o' love and a welcoming there Isle of my heart my own one Isle of my heart my own one