For many long years I have wandered
And many long miles I have roamed
But a voice in my head is now calling
Calling me back to my south country home

I have walked in your tropical forests
Experienced the hot desert sun
Climbed the mountains snow capped peaks
In your lakes and blue sea I have swum

Now a voice in my head is calling me back
To the rolling green hills of my home
Back to the place where I was born
To walk again through the pine woods
Beneath the war summer sun

Many years ago I did leave her
I was a youth so fearless and bold
Now I hear my south country calling me back
To the place where I can grow gracefully old

I will never forget the friends that I made
As I wandered your far distant shores
And if ever you visit my south country
You will see a welcoming sign on my door