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Thread #9523 Message #3722493
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Jul-15 - 02:54 AM
Thread Name: Chords Req: The Valley of Strathmore (A M Stewart)
Subject: DT Corr: The Valley of Strathmore (A M Stewart)
Here's a recording of the song by Silly Wizard: ...and by Karen Matheson and Sorren MacLean: I notice that there is no attribution for this song in the Digital Tradition. I was written by Andy M. Stewart. -Joe- Here are the lyrics from the DT. Any corrections? VALLEY OF STRATHMORE (Andy M. Stewart) By the clear and the winding streams In the valley of Strathmore Where my love and I have been Where we'll wander never more But if time was a thing man could buy All the money that I have in store I would give for one day by her side In the valley of Strathmore From the glen of the golden and green I left for a land far away Where sadness has never been seen Aye, and joy only costs a day's pay In Strathmore there's a long working day For a man with his hands on the plow But it's work I'd be happy to do If at night I were lying with you As I take a long draft from my glass Oh, I'm drinking alone here again And I try not to think of my lass For the old days will ne'er come again @home filename[ VALSTRAT JN oct96 Strathmore, by the way, is just north of Dundee and not far from Forfar, the Bridie capital of the world...