I have been listening again to Paddie Bell's version, and note a few differences from the lyrics printed in the DT and other places around the net. Most notable is her singing "Where glories of old stir the heart," rather than "Where stories of old fill the heart." That line alone makes it seem worthwhile to me to include her version here. It seems logical to me that it is likely to be as written by Gordon Smith, or at the very least a change approved by him, since he was the producer of her album.
COME BY THE HILLS
Music: Traditional (Buachaill ón Eirne) Words: Gordon Smith
Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs reach the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done
Come by the hills to the land where life is a song
And sing while the birds fill the air with their joy all day long
Where the trees sway in time and even the wind sings in tune
And cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done
Come by the hills to the land where legends remain
Where glories of old stir the heart and may yet come again
Where the past has been lost and the future has still to be won
But cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done
Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free
And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the lochs reach the sea
Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun
And cares of tomorrow must wait 'til this day is done
Ballyholme, this is what the Corries Discography has to say ~~ a bit sketchy. They list the date as 1963?, which is earlier than the Clancy album mentioned by cetmst, but not exactly definite. My album is undated, and I can't remember exactly.
I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (1963?)
With Finbar and Eddie Furey
Waverley Records - serial number unknown at this time
I Know Where I'm Going *
The Lark in The Morning
Come By The Hills *
Star of Munster
The Lark in The Clear Air **
Pretty Saro
If I Were a Blackbird *
Three Lovely Lasses From Bannion *
The Sligo Maid
The Verdant Braes of Scree *
Down by The Sally Gardens *
The Spanish Lady
My Laggan Love **
Roisin Dhu
* Paddie sings
** Paddie sings unaccompanied
Tom Beveridge: Several of these, and songs from "Herself" (see below) show up later on Corrie releases, or on Paddie's two solo efforts from the 1990s. It's a warm wonderful album--as Irish as waking with a hangover on the banks of the Liffey after a night of draught Guinness. Paddie never sounded more at home. Clearly, there was a lot of cross-pollination. One of the tracks is "Spanish Lady" which became "Ettrick Lady". Of the two, the album with the Fureys is far better. Paddie sounds much more comfortable and "authentic". The solo album, as you can see, contains a diversity of material--Scottish, Irish, English, American--that often falls a bit flat. A reliable correspondent reports of Paddie about 3 LPs on Waverley in concert with artists other than the Trio.
(I think the elves have been rearranging things. This thread and related ones seem somehow different.)