In the north, the Barren Islands I ii Windswept free // of proud tall tree // Just the seas IV I V I of grass and cold clear salt vi Waving to us all IV V

Tufted puffin and the kittiwake The common and thick-billed murre Calling out their lives so loud In secret, there you were: petrel.

In the grass, in the dirt Tiny downy introverts, frail bird with a pint-size volcano Where you have a nose

All your friends up here Are swagger-tough and hale enough, you’re fluff And small and feather-light How do you survive?

Tufted puffin and the kittiwake IV V I The common and thick-billed murre Calling out their lives so loud IV V V/vi vi In secret, there you were: petrel. Vi V I

A rush of wings brush my face IV V Floating silent, free I - step - vi You are here in your unlikely home: Above the raging seas, wing-full of good strong breeze.