Here you go- Do get the songbook, it's wonderfully rich in song and story. THE GREYLAG GEESE by JIM REID Words and music written by Jim Reid as found in his songbook, "The Better o' a Sang', Scottish Arts Council, 2004 The summertime is bonny, an' maist fowk say they like it best o' a'. But o' there's ae thing missin', the graylag geese have a' flown far awa'. When autumn comes aince mair, the wind blaws cauld an' nichts are growin' black There's ae thing sent tae cheer me, the soond that says again the greylag's back. When winter clouds blaw ower and fowk wi' heids doon collars turned up high My een they aye stray upward, lookin' for yon lang skein in the sky. And then when days grow langer the springtime urge is tae be movin on But roots can haud ye stranger an' then ye realize the geese are gone. I envy a' thae wild geese that can jist fly tae countries ower the sea Tae Norway, Iceland, Greenland they ken the way o' livin' wild and free The Greylag Geese- Jim Reid (YouTube)
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