This is La Gomera, a beautiful isle,
Where time has stood still for quite a while.
It’s like a land that mankind forgot,
Columbus’s ship’s about to come into shot!
Subtropical forest from 50 million years ago,
On this isle in the Canary Archipelago.
This wood is like a velvet frieze,
Mosses smother the limbs of trees,
And ferns crowd densely to your knees.