The Exile's Song

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Going back home to visit family always makes me sentimental. Especially since becoming a parent, I look for ways to explain to my kid why mom and dad are so excited about this vacation. In that frame of mind a song heard long ago, in an otherwise forgettable movie, came to mind.

King Arthur’s “Song of Exile”:

Land of bear and land of eagle
Land that gave us birth and blessing
Land that called us ever homewards
We will go home across the mountains

We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains
We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains

Land of freedom, land of heroes
Land that gave us hope and memories
Hear our singing, hear our longing
We will go home across the mountains

We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains
We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains

Land of sun and land of moonlight
Land that gave us joy and sorrow
Land that gave us love and laughter
We will go home across the mountains

We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains
We will go home, we will go home
We will go home across the mountains

When the land stands before us
We have gone home across the mountains