A Scottish Soldier

Album: A Scottish Soldier (1960)
Charted: 19 69
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  • There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier
    Who wandered far away
    And soldiered far away
    There was none bolder
    With good broad shoulder
    He'd fought in many a fray
    And fought and won

    He'd seen the glory
    He'd told the story
    Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
    But now he's sighing
    His heart is crying
    To leave those green hills of Tyrol

    Because those green hills are not highland hills
    Or the island hills
    They're not my land's hills
    And, fair as these green foreign hills may be
    They are not the hills of home

    And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier
    Who wandered far away
    And soldiered far away
    Sees leaves are falling
    And death is calling
    And he will fade away in that far land

    He called his piper, his trusty piper
    And bade him sound a lay a pibroch sad to play
    Upon a hillside, a Scottish hillside
    Not on those green hills of Tyrol

    Because those green hills are not highland hills
    Or the island hills
    They're not my land's hills
    And, fair as these green foreign hills may be
    They are not the hills of home

    And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier
    Will wander far no more and soldier far no more
    And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside
    You'll see a piper play his soldier home

    He's seen the glory, he's told his story
    Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
    The bugles cease now, he is at peace now
    Far from those green hills of Tyrol

    Because those green hills are not highland hills
    Or the island hills
    They're not my land's hills
    And, fair as these green foreign hills may be
    They are not the hills of home

    Because those green hills are not highland hills
    Or the island hills
    They're not my land's hills
    And, fair as these green foreign hills may be
    They are not the hills of home Writer/s: Andy Stewart, Traditional
    Publisher: Public Domain
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Lady Richelle Anne Mulka from Glencoe , ScotlandA wonderful tribute song for the many brave lads who perished in lands far from home .
  • Joseph Bradbury from Roseville, MnLoved this artist as I was growing up!
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