SCOTTISH SONG LYRICS
SCOTLAND THE BRAVE
Hark when the night is falling HEAR! hear the pipes are calling
Loudly and proudly calling, down through the glen.
There where the hills are sleeping, Now feel the blood a-leaping
High as the spirits of the old highland men
Towering in gallant fame, Scotland my mountain hame
High may your standards gloriously wave
Land of my high endeavour
Land of the shining river, Land of my heart forever
Scotland The Brave.
High in the misty Highlands
Out by the purple islands
Brave are the hearts that beat beneath Scottish skies
Wild are the winds to meet you
Staunch are the friends that greet you
Kind as the love that shines from fair maiden's eyes
Towering in gallant fame etc.
Far off in sunlit places, Sad are the Scottish faces
Yearning to feel the Kiss of sweet Scottish rain
Where tropic skies are beaming, Love sets the heart a-dreaming
Longing and dreaming for the homeland again.
Towering in gallant fame etc.
BONNIE BONNIE BANKS O' LOCH LOMOND
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae on the bonnie bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond
CHORUS..O' ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road, and I'll be in Scotland afore ye'
But me and my true love will never meet again, on the bonnie bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
Twas there that we parted by yon shady glen, on the steep steep side o' Ben Lomond
Where in purple hue the Highland hills we view, and the moon coming out in the gloamin
The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring, And in sunshine the waters are sleeping
But the broken heart it kens na' second spring, Tho' the waeru' may cease frae their greetin'.
CHORUS
A SCOTTISH SOLDIER
There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier
Who wandered far away, and soldiered far away
There was none bolder, with good broad shoulders
He fought in many a fray, and fought and won
He's seen the glory, and told the story
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious
But now he's sighing, his heart is crying
To leave these green hills of Tyrol
CHORUS..Because these green hills are not highland hills
Or the islands hills, there not my lands 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 on that dark land
He called his piper, his trusty piper
And bade him sound away, a pibroch sad to play
Upon a hillside, but Scottish hillside
Not on these green hills of Tyrol
CHORUS
And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier
Who wanders far no more, and soldiers far no more
Now on a hillside, a Scottish hillside
You'll see a piper play this soldier home
He's seen the glory, he's told the story
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious
But he will cease now, he is at peace now
Far from these green hills of Tyrol
CHORUS
ANNIE LAURIE
Maxwellton braes are bonnie, When early fa's the dew
And twas there that Annie Laurie, gave me her promise true
Which ne're forgot will be,
And for bonnie Annie Laurie, I lay me doon and dee
Her brow is like the snowdrift, her throat is like a swan
Her face it is the farest, That e're the sun has shone
And dark blue is her ee
And for bonnie Annie Laurie, I lay me doon and dee
Like dew on the gowan lying, is the fa' o' her fairy feet
And like winds in the summer sighing, her voice is low and sweet
Her voice is low and sweet, and she's all the world to me
And for bonnie Annie Laurie
I lay me doon and dee
FIELDS O' BANNOCKBURN
Twas on a bonnie summers day
The English came in grand array
King Edward's orders to obey
Upon the Fields o' Bannockburn
Sae loudly let the pibroch wake
Each loyal clan from hill and lake
And boldly fight for Scotia's sake
Upon the Fields o' Bannockburn
King Edward raised his standard high
Bruce shook his banners in reply
Each army shouts for victory
Upon the Fields o' Bannockburn
The English horse wi' deadly aim
Upon the Scottish army came
But hundreds in our pits were slain
Upon the Fields o' Bannockburn
Loud rose the war cry of McNeil
Who flew like tigers to the field
And make the Sass'nach army feel
There were dauntless hearts at Bannockburn
McDonald's clan how firm their pace
Dark vengence gleams on every face
Lang had they thirsted to embrace
Their Sass'nach friends at Bannockburn
The Fraser bold his brave clan led
While wide their thistle banners spread
They boldly fell, and boldly bled
Upon the Fields O' Bannockburn
The ne'er behind brave Douglas came
And also with him Donald Graham
Their blood red painted swords did stain
The glorious Fields O' Bannockburn
That day King Edward's heart did mourn
With joy each Scottish heart did burn
In mem'ry now let us return
Our thanks to Bruce at Bannockburn
THESE ARE MY MOUNTAINS
For fame and for fortune, I wandered the earth
And now I've come back to the land of my birth
I've brought back my treasures, but only to fine
They're less than the pleasures I first left behind
For these are my mountains, and this is my glen
The brae's of my childhood, will know me again
No lands ever claimed me, though far I did roam
For these are my mountains, and I'm going home
The burn by the road sings as I'm going by
The whaup averhead wings with welcoming cry
The loch where the scart flys at last I can see
It's here that my heart lies, it's here I'll be free
Kind faces will meet me and welcome me in
And how they will greet me, my ain kith and kin
The night round the ingle auld sangs will be sung
At last I'll be hearing my ain mothers tongue
For these are my mountain, and this is my glen
The braes of my childhood, will know me again
No lands every claimed me, though far I have roamed
For these are my mountains, And I have come home
