Where truly doleful was the sight br Sad and mournful parting To see what sights and sobs and prayers br Did sound among them looking for tomorrow What tears did enthusiasm from every eye br And pithy speeches pierced each heart with sorrow But ye tide which stays for no man br Calling them away that were thus loathe br To depart to a foreign land Thy reverend Pastor falling down on his br Knees with watery cheeks commended br Them with most fervent prayer And there at the river "text" br Ezra 8"21 I proclaimed a fast br That we might humble ourselves before br Our God at last Seek of him a right way for us and for br Our children to serve his grounds But they knew they were pilgrims and br Looked for praise, freedom they br Were bound In the double darkness of night and thick ocean fog br And howling winds they ran with all sails spread Thunderbolt's tearing apart the rough breathing br New England coast line filled with razor sharp piercing rocks They fell with that land made is br called Cape Codbr br Baron Norman Sylvester VonFeister IIIbr br