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Thread #74367 Message #1296671
Posted By: Stewie
14-Oct-04 - 02:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Leave Us Our Glens (G Donald, B Hardie)
Subject: Lyr Add: LEAVE US OUR GLENS (G Donald, B Hardie)
A good friend of mine, Lynne Stone, sings this song here in Oz. I started transcribing it from a recording I have of her singing but, fortunately, given the listing of Scots brews I wot not of, I found that it was available on the Net in Henry's Songbook:
LEAVE US OUR GLENS (George Donald/Buff Hardie)
I love Scotland's glens, and whatever else we lose Please leave us our glens, our glorious glens Our mountains as grand, Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond too You can have all those bens, but leave us our glens
(Chorus) Glenfiddich, Glendronach, Glenlivet, Glen Grant Can you do without them? If you must know, I can't Put a drop in the glass of Glen Spey or Glen Drotter It's a perfectly bearable way to drink water
I'd willingly lose our culture, or most of it Including that mess they call 'full Highland dress' With the whole ethnic bit of haggis and Hogmanay I'd gladly dispense, but leave us our glens
Glenfiddich, Glendronach, Glenlivet, Glen Fall I once knew a man who had sampled them all Glenisla, Glenugie, Glenkinchie, that's plenty He looked sixty-five, but in fact he was twenty
Take our Highlands scottische, take our marches, strathspeys and reels Take our old Scottish waltz, but leave us our malts You can take, if you wish, our ladies' conveniences And our gentlemen's - but leave us our glens
Glenfiddich, Glendronach, Glenlivet, Glenfyne Was great at communion when we ran out of wine Glenisla, Glenugie, Glenkinchie, Glenmorangie I prefer them to Quantro which I find too orangey
Oh breathe there a Scot whose aims and priorities When laid on the line, are different from mine Take our homes, take our jobs, take anything else you will Wife, family and friends, but leave us our glens