A
Few Scottish Song Lyrics
Scotland
the Brave
Hark
when the night is falling
Hear! hear
the pipes are calling,
Loudly and proudly calling,
Down
thro' 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 proud standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land
of my heart for ever,
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.
(Scotland
the Brave)
An ancient pipe tune and stirring words from the heart of Scotland.
Westering
Home
Chorus..
And it's Westering home, and a song in the air,
Light
in the eye, and it's goodbye to care.
Laughter
o' love, and a welcoming there,
Isle
of my heart, my own one.
Tell
me 0' lands o' the Orient gay,
Speak
o' the riches and joys 0' Cathay;
Eh,
but it's grand to be wakin' ilk day
To
find yourself nearer to Isla.
Chorus:
And it's Westering home etc.
Where
are the folk like the folk o' the west?
Canty,
and couthy, and kindly, the best.
There
I would hie me and there I would rest
At
hame wi' my ain folk in Isla.
Chorus:
And it's Westering home etc. -
(Westering
Home) Here we have an indication of the pull of the old Countryon
these who have left, and the joy of returning.
The
End of the Road
Ev'ry
road thro' life is a long, long road,
Fill'd
with joys and sorrows too,
As
you journey on how your heart will yearn
For
the things most dear to you.
With
wealth and love 'tis so,
But onward we must go.
Chorus:
Keep right on to the end of the road,
Keep right on to the end,
Tho'
the way be long, let your heart be strong,
Keep
right on round the bend.
Tho'
you're tired and weary still journey on,
Till
you come to your happy abode,
Where
all the love you've been dreaming of
Will
be there at the end of the road.
With
a big stout heart to a long steep hill,
We
may get there with a smile,
With
a good kind thought and an end in view,
We
may cut short many a mile.
So
let courage ev'ry day
Be your guiding star alway.
Chorus:
Keep right on etc.
(The
End of the Road) This
song is probably the most popular of all the songs ,written and
sung by Sir Harry Lauder both at home and in the countries he
toured abroad.
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 find
They're less than the pleasures I first left behind
For
these are my mountains and this is my glen
The braes of my childhood will know me again
No land's ever claimed me tho' far I did roam
For these are my mountains and I'm going home
(last) and I have come home
The
burn by the road sings at my going by
The whaup averhead wings with welcoming cry
The
loch where the scart flies 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 old sangs will be sung
At last I'll be hearing my ain mother tongue.
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