Текст песни Big River - Dougie Maclean

We couldn't be further from home oh no what's left of a journey of tears
We cry like the curlew oh christ save our souls and help hold our fears
And it couldn't be darker than this oh no even with so much light in the sky
And the sun burns forever we can't find the shade though we try and we try

So big river don't fool me i'm depending upon a sign
I'm relying upon your motion to carry these cares of mine
And big river we're helpless and we bend to your every turn
But not even our courage can help us as the big river runs on and on
As the big river runs on and on and on

To clear this bush will take a whole life i'm sure and even the lives of my sons
But we dream of a harvest and oh how we'll feast when it finally comes
And when sugarcane grows to the wind we'll think on that journey of tears
And the murdering hold of the hellish george fyfe will fade with the years