(All Jock Tamson's Bairns are) Coming Home
Author: Steven Clarke
Put a light in the window
Your brother's coming home
Set a meal on the table
Your brother's coming home
He'll be tired and weary
After all these years alone
He's coming home, your brother's coming home
Take the chain from the door
Your sister's coming home
Open wide your arms
Your sister's coming home
Don't leave her standing there
After all the pain she's known
She's coming home, your sister's coming home
Chorus:
Coming home to a place they've never been
Coming home to a land they've never seen
Coming home to a family they have never know
A' Jock Tamson's bairns
Are coming home
He's been angry and afraid
Your father's coming home
He's been hounded and betrayed
Your father's coming home
And with every act of kindness
A seed of hope is sown
He's coming home. Your father's coming home
Chorus
Bring her in from the cold
Your mother's coming home
Sit her down by the fire
Your mother's coming home
Make her warm, make her welcome
Before the chance is gone
She's coming home. Your mother's coming home
Chorus
From Iraq and Zimbabwe
Your family's coming home
And from Turkey and Somalia
Your family's coming home
Seeking rest and refuge
They have never known
They're coming home. Your family's coming home
Copyright 2004 Steven Clark
http://www.stevenclarksongs.50megs.com
"All Jock Tamson's Bairns is an expression widely used in Scotland to
signify 'The Family of Mankind'. And yet it seems that some branches of
the family are getting a distinctly frosty welcome. The countries named in
the last verse can, regrettably, be updated on an almost weekly basis."
Updated: 3 July, 2007
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