The High Kings - Farewell to Nova Scotia

[@Iratepaddy]

My grandfather chose to have this song played at his funeral today.

[@Stashman95-r1g]

R.I.P

[@novascotiathomas2361]

my condolances

[@canuckoh]

He will always be a Nova Scotian. Love you man

[@eltonronjovi2238]

My sincere condolences. I buried my mum in Halifax 10 years ago and we did the same, as I would want it to be played when it's my time. Anyone passing his service, hearing it most likely got a little misty. It creates empathy. I guess part of us being who we are is that a strangers loss is still a loss to everyone. May you all heal quickly.

[@Nullthehistorian]

I'm sorry for your loss. My great grandfather died in nova scotia in the 1980s and he would have loved this song to be played at his funeral.

[@HRT-i8n]

his accent is so soothing! I feel like he really means it!!!

[@cathybuchanan1747]

I've loved this song since I was a child. My father was raised there. Hes 94 and I'm 66, and we still love it.

[@eltonronjovi2238]

I was born and raised in Nova Scotia. This song is embedded in my soul and have heard more renditions of it than I can count. However, this here might be my favourite. That's saying something because for many of us back home, this is not just a song. It touches on our history, our way of life, our duties and our losses. It is a lament I suppose but you guys did it justice. I thank you for that. Sincerely.

[@SGeorgeEvans220955]

A shout out for Nova Scotia.I knew this song since I was a child. And a shout out for this great band.

[@danielleelias685]

I just love this song. My parents brought us to the Maritimes when I was 14 and I still remember Cabot Trail, Ingonish Beach, Peggy's Cove like it was yesterday. Nova Scotia is so beautiful. Of course P.E.I. is also very beautiful. And I remember that New Brunswick was a great producer of potatoes at that time.

[@johnflanagan7252]

I learned this song from a drunken, and he was not alone, Canadian sailor in a convent in the North Shore suburbs of Sydney, Australia, around the late 1980s. Don't ask how either of us happened to be there. 80)

[@TheAmishElectrican]

The sun was setting in the west The birds were singing on every tree All nature seemed inclined for rest But still there was no rest for me Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast Let your mountains dark and dreary be For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me I grieve to leave my native land I grieve to leave my comrades all And my aging parents whom I've always hold so dear And the bonny, bonny lass that I do adore Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast Let your mountains dark and dreary be For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me The drums they do beat and the wars do alarm The captain calls, we must obey So farewell, farewell to Nova Scotia's charms For it's early in the morning I am far, far away Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast Let your mountains dark and dreary be For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me I have three brothers and they are at rest Their arms are folded on their breast But a poor simple sailor just like me Must be tossed and driven on the dark blue sea Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast Let your mountains dark and dreary be For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me Farewell to Nova Scotia, the sea bound coast Let your mountains dark and dreary be For when I'm far away on the briny ocean tossed Will you ever heave a sigh or a wish for me.

[@statelyelms]

Maritimer here. This is by far the most emotionally powerful version I've found.. yes, even with Gordon Lightfoot contending. You guys have done a marvelous job, every time I listen, tears come to my eyes at the thought of leaving..

[@surrahnt]

Paul is such a wonderful addition to the band! He really helps round out the sound! I can’t wait to see them live again❤️

[@bradleygaring291]

Great music.I really enjoy this group

[@CWilliams-qf9et]

I really liked Martin, but completely agree Paul sounds great

[@jeffmayfield3314]

Got to see these guys live in September of 2021, it was one of the best live performances I have ever seen. These guys are absolutely fantastic. I can't wait for their next US tour so I can see them again.

[@giampsc1598]

Even if Im not from Nova Scotia, the nostalgia and feelings of leaving a charming little hometown and looking back, I feel this song.

[@elena8127]

Never heard this one before. You can't help dancing. GREAT!! Greetings from Italy

[@novascotiathomas2361]

it's the provincial song of Nova Scotia, (second eastern most province of canada) i grew up singing this at concerts when i was a kid. its a nice song about how we Nova Scotians hate leaving the place, (seriously, i've seen people cry at the though of leaving the place even for a year...lots of history, natural beauty and amazing people.)

[@timiwalk7047]

Fantastic Paul! Love your voice...you have brought so much to the group! ❤

[@johnflanagan7252]

The first time I heard this song I was living in a convent in Sydney, Australia, thirty odd and more years ago. The High Kings have brought a memory back for me. Thank you.

[@danielleelias685]

Yes and they sing it so so well.

[@tedcichanowicz9278]

This is a very nice version of this great tune. First heard it many years ago at a Gordon Lightfoot concert. He never recorded it so we had to go to his concerts to hear it.

[@ronhalliday7304]

I assume you've seen this though! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJKoaqmip82LY80

[@postacorona6746]

I really wish he had recorded it, his is my favorite version

[@MargaretDube-l5i]

First time hearing this group--wonderful rendition of a great song (depicting a soldier off to war)

[@spicyspartan]

Our elementary school music teacher would play this on her guitar and we'd all sing along. Gets me in the feels every time I hear it, and this was a wonderful performance.

[@FixNewsPlease]

I'm from Nova Scotia and I saved this version of our anthem. Great job!

[@zimmiewall7237]

I can't stop listening to this music

[@ginapsaki8746]

So many beautiful versions of this song--but this one stands out for energy, harmonies, percussiveness, and sheerly gorgeous vocals. Wow.

[@howie9751]

It's the best version I've heard.

[@dmac8949]

Brilliant rendition of this song. I'm well into my 60's and have been hearing this song since around birth.

[@CWilliams-qf9et]

Hands down the best version of this song I have heard. My fellow High Kings fans and I send our love from West Virginia

[@luddite4change449]

I heard them sing this live the other night. Billiant!

[@kenbirgen5479]

Just heard them do this song in Breckenridge CO. It was a great concert!

[@denisegreene8441]

Born and raised in Nova Scotia. Will always be a Bluenoser through and through. My mum sobbed when we crossed into N. B. On our move to BC ( my fathers home province. To the day she died she missed it to her very soul. There is no place like it.

[@shyguy_09]

Just got home from a concert and I loved this song when they sang it! Keep up the good work lads!!!!

[@Michellelovesanimals-OFD]

Nova Scotia is charming and beautiful....... I drove all over in a corvette years ago! It was a pilgrimage of sorts.....looking for ancestors headstones in church yards. It is a great place to spend time in.❤

[@TheOtherGuys2]

Being a young country, Canada doesn't have a lot of folk songs. This is definitely one though. If you don't teach this song to your kids, you're not doing it right. :P

[@ranaldthurgood4875]

Nonsense. Canada has hundreds of folk songs. Look at the many collections of.Helen Creighton, Edith Fowke, and Marius Barbeau for a start. There's nothing young about Canada by the way. Apart from the fact that First Nations people have been here since time immemorial, European settlers came here over four hundred years ago from other places with their own cultures and histories, and we became a nation-state in the same decade as Italy and Germany. Finland declared independence fifty years after Canada became a nation-state. Let's avoid giving the rest of the world misinformation about our country.

[@TheOtherGuys2]

@@ranaldthurgood4875 The First Nations people aren't Canadian, they're whatever nation they are. European settlers first came here in like 1067, but they were still European. When the French, German, and English first colonized, they were still those nationalities, not Canadian. Regardless of when "Canadian" as a culture started existing, it is fairly young compared to places like say Italy or Spain or Scotland. While the country in its current form may have started more recently, the cultures have had thousands of years to develop. Here in Canada, we at best have borrowed from some of them. (largely Scotland around here.)

[@ranaldthurgood4875]

@@TheOtherGuys2 I understand what you're saying, but you were using it to justify your point that "Canada doesn't have a lot of folk songs," a point you didn't address in your reply. You're completely wrong about Canada's folk songs. A great many Canadian, Irish, British, European, American and other folksingers, including members of High Kings, sing Canadian folk songs along with songs of other countries. (I'm referring to folk songs in the true sense of the word, songs that are passed on orally among people, not to the Greenwich-Village -style, singer/songwriter stuff, originally called "folk music" by promoters and marketers, though there's plenty of that "folk" music in Canada too.)

[@TheOtherGuys2]

@@ranaldthurgood4875 Well then I guess I missed all of them.

[@ranaldthurgood4875]

@@TheOtherGuys2 Here’s an introduction to Canadian Folk Song. You’ll find most of these songs posted on KZbin. I’m including only songs in English plus a few in French, though Canada has many folk songs in other languages. Also, these are almost entirely songs with clearly Canadian origins, while we also have Canadian versions of many international folk songs. This is just a tiny sampling at that. (Check out the collections of the people mentioned above and the singing of Anita Best, Maura Volante, Ian Bell & Anne Lederman, among others, once you’re through these.) Enjoy yourself! I’s da B’y. Feller from Fortune. A Great Big Sea Hove Into Long Beach. The Old “Polina” Peter Emberley Jimmy Whalen Lost Jimmy Whalen The Chapeau Boys The Honest Working Man The Scarborough Settler’s Lament Red River Valley (according to Fowke, oldest versions are Canadian, Red River in Manitoba) Duffy’s Hotel Life in A Prairie Shack The Alberta Homesteader Citadel Hill/ Signal Hill Far from Home Hey Arise Klondike When The Ice Worms Nest Again The Kettle Valley Line Les Raftsmen Chanson du Louis Riel Alouette Un Canadien Errant Le Vigne-Cinq de Julliet Petit rocher My Paddle’s Keen And Bright Land of The Silver Birch They Say That In The Army The Black Fly Song (relatively recent, but established in oral tradition)

[@itsmelaura]

This song warms my heart 💜 Cape Breton is my home

[@volkerke5315]

Greatful Performance! Greetings from Germany!

[@Artofficial1986]

You all are amazing! Thanks for uploading

[@keving4081]

I live in Vt. and purchased a house in N.S. in 2005 on the Eastern Shore. The land and sea are wonderful. However, it's the people that make it such a special place. I hope I won't be saying farewell to N.S. anytime soon.

[@bonedust5757]

Great version...best I've heard!

[@littleredridinghood5622]

I live and have always lived in a small fishing village in Nova Scotia .. I'll never live anywhere else ..

[@simrankaur5184]

I have moved to ontario n i really miss nova scotia

[@semofolkie]

This was just excellent! Thank you for sharing

[@chrispito_1612]

This song hits different currently. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@sindri6181]

Forever love this song, farewell, Nova Scotia 💙

[@coolchick1977]

Never heard this one before, love it!

[@margaretmarandola4428]

Hope to see the band at the Lowry again soon☘☘

[@danielleelias685]

Grear job you guys. Love that song.

[@garykamermans6675]

Thank you.

[@GeorgeBennett-y9e]

Wonderful!

[@Stashman95-r1g]

Good on ya Paul

[@starfry123cybelmoon]

Love this!

[@howie9751]

Best version of the song.

[@LateNightParanormal]

May we meet eachother at the bottom of the bottle. Cheers mates

[@anababic61]

CROATIA AND IRELAND ! TWIN BROTHERS FOREVER !

[@novascotiathomas2361]

This is a song about Nova Scotia.

[@anababic61]

@@novascotiathomas2361 those are Irish instruments, the BOUGHRON, FORGIVE SPELLING !

[@novascotiathomas2361]

@@anababic61 true...but it is the offical song of Nova Scotia

[@kevinwiley9696]

AWESOME!!!

[@krmb1243]

Yayyy! Love it!!

[@ashleyhockenberry2187]

Excellent !

[@aarphi1984]

If you don't belt out this song once crossing the border, are you even a Maritimer?

[@punjab8335]

Fantastic song! Well done lads. Paul, you’re the missing link to The High Kings.

[@carriebowlen3785]

Is Paul from Ireland too? Where is he from? I absolutely love this song I love them I am so glad i found them when they first started They have amazing harmony I love being part Irish 🟠🟢⚪🟠🟢⚪

[@riobabic8960]

Super

[@romanlangmead8661]

Is anyone else listening to this in the wake of the forest fires

[@keiths81ca]

Live at Niagara Falls?

[@brandengoldfinch6580]

Farewell Nova Scotia. Niagara Falls in the back

[@Oscarspaw1971]

Scottish Canadians👌👍👍

[@TheAmishElectrican]

Ding Ding

[@carriebowlen3785]

what kind of guitar is Paul playing in this song?

[@howie9751]

Who is the lead singer here?

[@dancurrier500]

Is this on an album?

[@deltamike3418]

It's on their Home From Home album

[@LydiaMoMydia]

why does he look like chris luxon?

[@riobabic8960]

Croatia and Ireland !

[@novascotiathomas2361]

this is nova scotia's anthem

[@novascotiathomas2361]

we do have a lot of celtic people here though...especially in the northern part of the province.

[@robertarisz8464]

I love the accent although it is not East Coast.

[@oliveroneill1388]

Wrong chords

[@v1.61]

man, what a voice this guy has (on the far right)