THEY BLESSED MY SHIP WITH SOFT FLOWING WORDS OF FAREWELL.

I GAVE HER PROW TO THE SEA AND HER STERN TO THE LAND.

THE SAILS FLAPPED AGAINST THE SPLINTERY MASTS.

I DROVE ON TILL I REACHED HOME,

WHERE THOSE WHO LOVED ME WAITED.

SONGS WERE SUNG AND SMOOTH DRINKS RAISED.

MUSIC IN FIDDLE-STRINGS TO THE EVER-HEALING OF ALL ILLS,

THAT WOULD MEND MEN'S HEARTS AND SOOTHE WOMEN IN TRAVAIL.

WITH THE HERO'S FATIGUE I SLEPT.

and the Italian Aged 8 Years version

This Limited Edition Tin illustrates an artist's interpretation of The Hero's Return: A Legend told by James Wilson, Blind Fiddler, Islay 1851.