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Thread #158406   Message #3750586
Posted By: maeve
13-Nov-15 - 03:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Greylag Geese (Jim Reid)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GREYLAG GEESE (Jim Reid)
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)