The Scottish soldier   (The green hills of Tyrol)

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1. There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier,

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who wandered far away and soldiered far away.

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There was none bolder, with good broad shoulder,

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he’s fought in many a fray, and fought and won.

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2 He’s seen the glory, he told the story,

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of battles glorious and deeds victorious.

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But now he’s sighing, his heart is crying,

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to leave these green hills of Tyrol.

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Because these green hills are not highland hills,

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or the island hills, they’re not my land’s hills.

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And fair as these green foreign hills may be,

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they are not the hills of home.

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3. And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier,

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who’d wandered far away, and soldiered far away,

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sees leaves are falling, and death is calling,

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and he will fade away in that far land.

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4. He called his piper, his trusty piper,

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and bade him sound alay, a pibroch sad to play,

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upon a hillside, but Scottish hillside,

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not on these green hills of Tyrol.

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Because these green hills are not highland hills,

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or the island hills, they’re not my land’s hills.

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And fair as these green foreign hills may be,

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they are not the hills of home.

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5. And so this soldier, this Scottish soldier,

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will wander far no more, and soldier far no more,

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and on a hillside, a Scottish hillside

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you’ll see a piper play his soldier home!

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6. He’d seen the glory, he’d told his story

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of battles glorious, and deeds victorious.

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The bugles cease now, he is at peace now,

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far from those green hills of Tyrol.

+ CHORUS (2x)

(midi = capo 2nd) (Trad.; lyrics by Andy Stewart)