What magnetism draws us to the sea

To watch the far horizon and to dream,

And build tall ships to take us on the tide

To sail across the foam to distant lands.

Is this the fate of all who walk this realm,

A doom that’s laid on all our island race

To journey off to find those foreign shores

And there to spend our labour and our years

What is it drives us from so sweet a home

Why leave this paradise to roam away

And yet I feel the itching in my bones

While standing here to stare across the bay

That pulls me towards the hazy deep unknown

Where mystery and adventure may be found