When first we came here there was frost in the air But the earth was still warm to the seed nestled there The pageant of autumn with colours so rare Moved in as September lay dying As the frost and the snow settled in from the north The nights they grew longer and days they grew short And we headed for home and we sat by the hearth And we watched the flames leap in the firelight And what have I given and what would I give To be here on the ridge looking down to the sea? With the wind in the corn and the lark on the wing And a wide East Lothian Sky And a wide East Lothian Sky Cold days of winter moved weary and slow Seeds settled safely down under the snow Ready to waken at springtime's first glow Burst through the earth to the sunshine As we walked through the streets under grey city skies Far away from the place where the sleeping corn lies We trudged through the snow, scarcely lifting our eyes But we dreamt of the promise of summer And what have I given and what would I give To be here on the ridge looking down to the sea? With the wind in the corn and the lark on the wing And a wide East Lothian Sky And a wide East Lothian Sky At last the corn rose up, it's greeting the sun There's green on the land, summer's lease had begun As we walked once again where the hawthorn was blooming And felt the sun rise in the morning And out in the cornfield the barley grew strong The wind sang a promise of bright days to come High on the ridge-top the lark sang her song And summer spread out through the evening And what have I given and what would I give To be here on the ridge looking down to the sea? With the wind in the corn and the lark on the wing And a wide East Lothian Sky And a wide East Lothian Sky And what have I given and what would I give To be here on the ridge looking down to the sea? With the wind in the corn and the lark on the wing And a wide East Lothian Sky And a wide East Lothian Sky