Felix Mendelssohn took a break from performing in London and visited Scotland. His boat trip to Fingal’s Cave in the Hebrides produced this music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcogD-hHEYs My Scottish people come from this place. They lived in huts dug into the sides of low hills on the islands. In the winter they brought in their cattle to protect … More I Come From a Place Far Away and Long Ago. The Land is Filled With Music and the Music has Followed Me.