Before the ages of the past

Before the light, before the dark

Before the days of ice and snow

Before the wings of long ago

Before the giants walked the Earth

Before the seed had given birth

Before the stone had turned to sand

From the sea, there rose a land

Dalriada, time out of mind

Dalriada, the place you find

Dalriada, the rising call

Dalriada, the first of all

From deep inside the iron core

The melting rocks flow to the shore

Reaching skyward they aspire

Burning palaces of fire

Like the beauty of a star

Reaching out and reaching far

Shining from a bed of flame

The early dawn will bear your name

Though future years will cool the storm

The passions forge when life is born

The cradle bed will long endure

A land so proud, a land so sure

Though seas may claim the mountains tall

And unknown fears may yet befall

Until the fire consume the stone

This is the land I call my own

©2000 Kelvin Records