Acadian Driftwood

The war was over and the spirit was broken,

The hills were smokin' as the men withdrew.

We stood on the cliffs, Oh, and watched the ships,

Slowly sinking to their rendezvous.

They signed a treaty and our homes were taken,

Loved ones forsaken, they didn't give a damn.

Tryin' to raise a family, end up the enemy,

Over what went down on the Plains of Abraham.

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Acadian driftwood, gypsy tailwind,

They call my home the land of snow.

Canadian cold front, movin' in,

What a way to ride, oh what a way to go.

Then some returned to the motherland

The high command had them cast away

Some stayed on to finish what they started

They never parted, they're just built that way

We had kin livin' south of the border

They're a little older and they been around

They wrote in a letter life is a whole lot better

So pull up your stakes, children, and come on down

chorus

Fifty under zero when the day became a threat

My clothes were wet and I was drenched to the bone

Then out ice fishin', too much repetition

Make a man want to leave the only home he's known

Sailed out of the Gulf, headed for St. Pierre

Nothing to declare, all we had was gone

Broke down along the coast, what hurt the most

When the people there said, "you better keep movin' on"

chorus

Everlastin' summer filled with ill-contempt

This government had us walkin' in chains

This isn't my turn, this isn't my season

Can't think of one good reason to remain

We worked in the sugar fields up from New Orleans

It was evergreen up until the flood

You could call it an omen, point you where you're goin'

Set my compass North, I got winter in my blood

chorus

Sais tu, Acadie j'ai le mal du pays,

Ta neige, Acadie, fait des larmes au soleil

J'arrive Acadie, teedle um, teedle um, teedle oo

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