There was a soldier <br />A Scottish soldier <br />Who wandered far away <br />And soldiered far away <br /> <br />There was none bolder <br />With good broad shoulder <br />He's fought in many a fray <br />And fought and won <br /> <br />He's seen the glory <br />He told the story <br />Of battles glorious <br />And deeds victorious <br /> <br />But now he's sighing <br />His heart is crying <br />To leave those <br />Green hills of Tyrol <br /> <br />[CHORUS] <br />Because these green hills <br />Are not Highland hills <br />Or the island hills <br />They're not my land's hills <br />And fair as these <br />Green foreign hills may be <br />They are not the hills of home <br /> <br />And now this soldier <br />This Scottish soldier <br />Who wandered far away <br />And soldiered far away <br /> <br />Sees leaves are falling <br />And death is calling <br />And he will fade away <br />In that far land <br /> <br />He's called his piper <br />His trusty piper <br />And bade him sound alay <br />A pi-broch sad to play <br /> <br />Upon a hillside <br />A Scottish hillside <br />Not on these <br />Green hills of Tyrol <br /> <br />[Repeat CHORUS] <br /> <br />And now this soldier <br />This Scottish soldier <br />Will wander far no more <br />And soldier far no more <br /> <br />And on a hillside <br />A Scottish hillside <br />You'll see a piper <br />Play his soldier home <br /> <br />He's seen the glory <br />He's told the story <br />Of battles glorious <br />And deeds victorious <br /> <br />The bugles cease now <br />He is at peace now <br />Far from those <br />Green hills of Tyrol <br />(lyricsmode.com)
