verse 1
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There was a soldier a Scottish soldier
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Who wandered far away and soldiered far away
There was none bolder with good broad shoulder
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He's fought in many a fray and fought and won
He'd seen the glory and told the story
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Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
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
verse 2
C
And now this soldier this Scottish soldier
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Who wandered far away and soldiered far away
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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He called his piper his trusty piper
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And bade him sound a lay a pibroch sad to play
Upon a hill-side a 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
F C
And fair as these green foreign hills may be
G C F C G C
They are not the hills of home
verse 3
C
And so this soldier this Scottish soldier
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Will wander far no more and soldier far no more
And on a hillside a Scottish hillside
G C
You'll see that piper play his soldier home
He's seen the glory he's told the story
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Of battles glorious and deeds victorious
The bugles cease now he is at peace now
G C
Far from those green hills of Tyrol
C F C
Because these green hills are not highland hills
G C
Or the island hills they're not my land's hills
F C
And fair as these green foreign hills may be
G C
They are not the hills of home
C F C
Although those green hills are not highland hills
G C
Or the island hills they're not my land's hills
F C
And fair as these green foreign hills may be
G C
They are not the hills of home
C F C
Those green hills are not highland hills
G C
Or the island hills they're not my land's hills
F C
And fair as these green foreign hills may be
G C F C G C
They are not the hills of home