Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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There was a soldier,
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Who wandered far away,
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and soldiered far away.
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There was none bolder,
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three good broads shoulder,
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He fought in money a fray,
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and fought and won.
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He'd seen the glory and told the story
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Of battles glorious and
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deeds victorious
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Now he's sighing, his heart is cry ing
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To leave these green hills of Tirog
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are not highland hills
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they're not my land's hills
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Fair as these great foreign
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hills may be,
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They are not the hills of home.
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And now this soldier,
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this Scottish sol dier,
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Who wandered far away,
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and soldiered far away,
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Since leaves are fallen,
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and death is calling,
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And he will fade away in that far land.
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He called his piper, his trusty piper,
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And bade him soundly,
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a pea -brook sad to play,
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Upon the hillside, that Scottish hillside,
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Not on these green hills of Tyrol.
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are not is land hills,
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For the is land hills,
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hills may be,
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They are not the hills of home.
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And so this soldier,
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this Scottish soldier,
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And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside,
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You'll see a piper play his
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soldier home.
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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 blue will cease now,
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he is in peace now,
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Far from those green hills of Tyrone.
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are not is land hills,
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they're not my land's hills,
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Fair as these green foreign
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hills may be,
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They are not the hills of home.
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barren hills may be
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They are not the hills of home
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