There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier

Who wandered far away and soldiered far away

There was none bolder, with good broad shoulder

He's fought in many a fray, and fought and won.

He'd seen the glory and told the story

Of battles glorious and deeds neforious

But now he's sighing, his heart is crying

To leave these green hills of Tyrol.

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Because these green hills are not highland hills

Or the island hills, they're not my land's hills

And fair as these green foreign hills may be

They are not the hills of home.

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier

Who wandered far away and soldiered far away

Sees leaves are falling and death is calling

And he will fade away, in that far land,

He called his piper, his trusty piper

And bade him sound a lay a pibroch sad to play

Upon a hillside, a Scottish hillside

Not on these green hills of Tyrol.

Chorus

And so this soldier, this Scottish soldier

Will wander far no more and soldier far no more

And on a hillside, a Scottish hillside

You'll see a piper play his soldier home.

He'd seen the glory, he'd told his story

Of battles glorious and deeds victorious

The bugles cease now, he is at peace now

Far from those green hills of Tyrol.

Chorus

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