From the loins of a fisherman
   From the harbour of Crail he went sailing
   And his first born son left the rolling sea
   Went into the earth to make his living
   No light of the sun did he ever see
   And the coal it broke and scarred him
   And in his heart was the chilling fear
   That same day the mine would take him
   But far freedom's fight in the H.L.I.
   On a foreign field he was taken
   And the pension left in his daughter's hand
   Had to love and feed the children
   Oh Caledonia
   Caledonia
   Oh Caledonia
   She quartered at a Rose Street Inn
   She favoured the capitals gentlemen
   And from shame she saved the family name
   Made a husband of a lover
   From their union come a rhyming man
   With his band he crossed the oceon
   And the pride of Caledonio
   Made his name
  
   Oh Caledonia
   Caledonia
   Oh Caledonia
   Caledonia