Song of Hope
See the boats in Falmouth bay
A gentle breeze. A summers day
A band sings Cornish songs beside the quay
Sing a song of boats and mines
Sing about a better time
Sing a song of hope for you and me
(Chorus)
There was a time when voices from the shore
Rang out slow and sad across the bay
But better times
Still seem so far away
Like distant boats that sail upon the sea
Sing Trelawny. Sing it loud
Raise your voices to the crowd
Sing Trelawny. Sing it proud
Sing a song of hope for you and me
Song of sailors’ comfort me
A brighter future I can see
Beyond horizons
Lies a promised land
As time drifts by
I know I’ll see
A better life for you me
Sing a song of hope and understand
(Chorus)
Will better times come creeping like the tide
To break upon the sand and disappear
Wash away the past. Raise another glass
Time will heal your souls and all your fears
Sing a song of miners too
And conjure up a different view
Of a time when tin and copper fed this land
The mines have closed
The engines gone
And what we’re left with is a song
To share our past and help you understand
(Chorus )
There was a time when voices from the shore
Rang out slow and sad across the bay
But time drifts by
Don’t ask the reason why
The folk of Cornwall found another way
Sing Trelawny. Sing it loud
Raise your voices to the crowd
Sing Trelawny Sing it proud
Sing a song of hope for you and me
Sing Trelawny. Sing it loud
Raise your voices to the crowd
Sing Trelawny Sing it proud
Sing a song of hope for you and me———————————–e