My Nova Scotia Home Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
My Nova Scotia Home
Written and Recorded by Hank Snow
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There's a place I'll always cherish neath the
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blue Atlantic skies
Where the shores down in Cape Breton bid the
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golden sun to rise
And the fragrance of the apple blossoms
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sprays the dew kissed lawns
Back in
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dear old Nova Scotia
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a place where I was
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born
The Scotian and the Ocean Limited and
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the Maritime Express
Their mighty engines throbbing make their
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way towards the west
And the sturdy fishin' schooners
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sways so lazily to and fro
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Scotia is my sanctuary
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and I love it
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so
For across the great Dominion I have
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traveled far and wide
Where the shores out in Vancouver kiss the
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blue Pacific tide
I have crossed the snowcapped Rockies
Saw the
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wheat fields' golden blaze
Headed
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back to Nova Scotia where
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contented cattle
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graze
Where the pretty Robin Red Breast seeks its'
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loved ones in the trees
And the French dialect in old Quebec keeps
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callin' out to me
It seems to say beyond your way there's a
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welcome at the door
Where the
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kinfolks are a waiting on
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that gay Atlantic
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shore
Down through beautiful New Brunswick and
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across the P.E.I.
To the rockbound coasts of Newfoundland I'll
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love them till I die
But if God came here on Earth with us and
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asked if He could rest
I'd take
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Him to my Nova Scotia home the
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place that I love
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best
FAQ
Who sang the the song My Nova Scotia Home?
- The song My Nova Scotia Home was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.