Scatterred and Near ForgottenLyrics by Joe Pickering Jr.
THE ACADIANS PAINFUL PLIGHT WAS WRITTEN ON THE WINDS
SCATTERED AND NEAR FORGOTTEN WERE THESE UNJUST SINS
AFTER HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF SUN, SNOW, AND COLD RAIN
THE QUEEN''S APOLOGY COMES BUT THE STAIN WILL REMAIN
THE QUEEN MIGHT'VE MEANT IT. SHE MIGHTVE TRULY CARED
BUT WORDS ARE ONLY WORDS. THEY CANNOT BE COMPARED
TO THE LIVES THAT WERE LOST TO THE FAMILIES TORN APART
ACADIA THEIR BELOVED COUNTRY SUFFERED A BROKEN HEART
LET US KEEP ALIVE THEIR MEMORIES OF OLD GRAND PRE
WHERE THEY KEPT TO HEART FARMS, FAITH, AND HISTORY
FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES THEY DID NOT GIVE GROUND
THEY WOULD NOT BOW DOWN BEFORE THE BRITISH CROWN
THEY COULDN'T TAKE THAT OATH IT WOULD'VE MEANT SOUL'S END
INSTEAD SCATTERED TO THE WINDS WERE FAMILY AND FRIEND
MAY GOD BLESS ALL THE ACADIANS FOR THEIR TRUE BRAVERY
LONG MAY THEY LIVE IN OUR HEARTS FOR THEY LOVED LIBERTY!
