Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk I Came to a Western Island 
I Came to a Western Island (Archie Fisher) 
I came to a western island as far as a man can walk is my land Cleared ten acres and a house I build, into the side of the hill 
One cow and a lean-to bier, a spring close by and a driftwood fire A clear view of the settin' sun and 12 gauge hammer gun 
I keep sheep, I fish deep water in a high bowed boat called the Neptune's daughter She will ride any western gale and can carry a stack of sails 
Some nights when the bright lights flicker I sail to the mainland for my liquor I haven't got a woman to call my own but I never wake up alone 
A man needs to fell the ground and wind to tell him that the world spins round To watch the stars and taste the sea, and woman to keep him free 
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