There’s a land–oh, it beckons and beckons, And I want to go back–and I will.

Robert Service
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In the song, “There’s a land —oh, it beckons and beckons, and I want to go back —and I will.� The singer fantasizes about a place where he can escape from all the issues in his life. He wants to run away from his problems and start over again.

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