You're a stranger to these hills and you've come up
here to end your days
And you love our running rivers and you love our
quaint little Highland ways
You sold your house in the city - you put it on the
market and you did so good
Now you've bought a little piece of something
that you don't understand and you've
misunderstood
But I'll tell you about the land that you play on
What you've gained is our ultimate loss
I'll tell you about the soil you decay on
I'll hold it up to you like the Fiery Cross
You love the view from your window and you'd go out
more but it always rains
whisky when the weather grew cold
Then along came the great improvers and they
cleaned it up like only imperials could
They lined them up for transportation to the land of the
brave and the free and the good
But I'll tell you about the land etc.
Look to the south I tell you that the black man has it
cruel and hard
But you don't have to look any further that the rumble
of stones in our own backyard
And Oh sad the day and all that's left are a fading few
Yes Sir you may have paid good money for it but no it'll
never belong to you
But I'll tell you about the land etc.
here to end your days
And you love our running rivers and you love our
quaint little Highland ways
You sold your house in the city - you put it on the
market and you did so good
Now you've bought a little piece of something
that you don't understand and you've
misunderstood
But I'll tell you about the land that you play on
What you've gained is our ultimate loss
I'll tell you about the soil you decay on
I'll hold it up to you like the Fiery Cross
You love the view from your window and you'd go out
more but it always rains
whisky when the weather grew cold
Then along came the great improvers and they
cleaned it up like only imperials could
They lined them up for transportation to the land of the
brave and the free and the good
But I'll tell you about the land etc.
Look to the south I tell you that the black man has it
cruel and hard
But you don't have to look any further that the rumble
of stones in our own backyard
And Oh sad the day and all that's left are a fading few
Yes Sir you may have paid good money for it but no it'll
never belong to you
But I'll tell you about the land etc.
The year s wearin tae the wane And day is fadin west awa Out raves the torrent and the rain And dark th...
Gloomy Winter s now awa Soft the westlin breezes blaw Mang the birks o Stanley shaw The mavis sin...
Mirk and rainy is the night No a star n a the carry Lightnings gleam athwart the lift And winds...
We are united now within these ancient wheels We are united in the spirit of the music at our heels On refle...
Old layers of time have buried the ways that the others have grown And though sturdy and strong his eyes open w...
There s nought but care on ev ry han In ev ry hour that passes O What signifies the life o man ...
She loves me she loves me not where Can a simple island boy begin This Highland pride is all I ve got But in the...
Ae fond kiss and then we sever Ae fareweel and then forever Deep in heart wrung tears I ll pledge thee Warri...
I don t know if you can see the changes that have come over me in these last few days I ve been afraid that I m...
I have been strengthened me your distant son You fill my sails with winds to move me on And on the swell of t...
