Strong Women Rule Us All Songtext

There's a moment of your story that has always haunted me When you set out in yon open boat to help the poor man flee Was Chairlie Stewart's future already plain to see? Did you know he'd be a waster all his days? But if you did, I'd give the world to find A single tear you cried From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes And after thirty years after all that you'd been through Was the thought of "bonnie Chairlie" just a memory to rue As you watched your husband putting on his coat of scarlet hue To go and fight for German Geordie's Crown But you never tried to hide behind The dreams of days gone by From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes And there's times I think I see you when I find the kind of face Where a woman's independence has kept a woman's grace Where confidence and pride refuse to know their place Or hide behind the easy tricks of beauty For to me your life's a light that shines Across the stormy skies From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas You showed us one and all The courage you could call From the tears that would not fall From your eyes From the Cuillins tae the Carolinas Strong women rule us all With the courage that they call When the tears refuse to fall From their eyes