A Scottish Soldier-Andy Stewart

[ti:A Scottish Soldier] [ar:Andy Stewart] [al:20 Scottish Favourites] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Scottish Soldier - Andy Stewart [00:09.02]There was a soldier [00:10.96]A Scottish soldier [00:12.57]Who wandered far away [00:14.88]And soldiered far away [00:16.60]There was none bolder [00:18.18]With good broad shoulder [00:20.27]He's fought in many a fray [00:23.10]And fought and won [00:24.65]He's seen the glory [00:26.41]He told the story [00:28.32]Of battles glorious [00:30.47]And deeds victorious [00:32.48]But now he's sighing [00:34.22]His heart is crying [00:36.41]To leave those [00:38.99]Green hills of Tyrol [00:40.67](CHORUS) [00:40.97]Because these green hills [00:43.52]Are not Highland hills [00:45.29]Or the island hills [00:47.24]They're not my land's hills [00:49.24]And fair as these [00:50.92]Green foreign hills may be [00:53.08]They are not the hills of home [00:58.20] [01:03.67]And now this soldier [01:05.25]This Scottish soldier [01:07.41]Who wandered far away [01:09.35]And soldiered far away [01:11.35]Sees leaves are falling [01:13.15]And death is calling [01:14.81]And he will fade away [01:17.44]In that far land [01:19.64]He's called his piper [01:21.29]His trusty piper [01:23.31]And bade him sound alay [01:25.81]A pi-broch sad to play [01:28.03]Upon a hillside [01:29.73]A Scottish hillside [01:31.81]Not on these [01:33.48]Green hills of Tyrol [01:36.06]Because these green hills [01:39.34]Are not Highland hills [01:41.12]Or the island hills [01:43.30]They're not my land's hills [01:45.54]And fair as these [01:47.38]Green foreign hills may be [01:49.44]They are not the hills of home [01:54.46] [01:59.87]And now this soldier [02:02.77]This Scottish soldier [02:05.07]Will wander far no more [02:07.99]And soldier far no more [02:10.35]And on a hillside [02:11.50]A Scottish hillside [02:14.75]You'll see a piper [02:17.55]Play his soldier home [02:20.23]He's seen the glory [02:22.19]He's told the story [02:24.43]Of battles glorious [02:25.66] [02:26.84]And deeds victorious [02:29.22]The bugles cease now [02:31.99]He is at peace now [02:34.12]Far from those [02:35.51]Green hills of Tyrol [02:39.57]Because these green hills [02:42.01]Are not Highland hills [02:44.17]Or the island hills [02:46.74]They're not my land's hills [02:49.28]And fair as these [02:51.30]Green foreign hills may be [02:54.00]They are not the hills of home [02:58.51]Because these green hills [03:01.15]Are not Highland hills [03:03.03]Or the island hills [03:04.97]They're not my land's hills [03:07.03]And fair as these [03:09.07]Green foreign hills may be [03:11.72]They are not the hills of home