Green Hills of Tyrol

The King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 78th Highlanders of Canada play this fine bagpipe tune, Sept 2005 at the Estes Park Scottish Festival in Colorado.

The Green Hills Of Tyrol

There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier,
Who wandered far away and soldiered far away,
There was none bolder, with good broad shoulders,
He fought in many a fray and fought and won.
He's seen the glory, he's told the story,
Of battles glorious and deeds victorious.
But now he's sighing, his heart is crying,
To leave these green hills of Tyrol.

Chorus:

Because these green hills are not Highland hills
Or the Island's hills, they're not my land's hills,
As fair as these green foreign hills may be
They are not the hills of home.

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier,
Who wandered far away and soldiered far away,
Sees leaves are falling, and death is calling,
And he will fade away, on that dark land.
He called his piper, his trusty piper,
And bade him sound away, a pibroch sad to play,
Upon a hillside, a Scottish hillside
Not on these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus:

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier,
Who wanders far no more, and soldiers far no more,
Now on a hillside, a Scottish hillside,
You'll see a piper play this soldier home.
He's seen the glory, he's told the story,
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious;
But he will cease now, he is at peace now,
Far from these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus:

Category:

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[snailmaze69]

nothing like the bagpipes to stir the blood! It makes me wish that I was Scottish!

[CAV1865]

When both bands finish and "cut off" their drones, you won't hear one trailing drone. All drones stop instantly. They all cut their drones like a light switch! That is precision piping at its finest.

[johnniemcintyre73]

Scottish people are proud to hear Canadians and other nations play the pipes, ignore the haters!

[vik238]

@segano1 Canadian institutions are an extension of British (including Scottish) traditions - just like other realms such as Australia and New Zealand. It doesn't matter if no one in Scotland cares - it doesn't change anything for us in Canada either! And it is played by a CANADIAN FORCES band - the tunes might be Scottish, but those lads playing it so sharp are 100% Canadian.

[segano1]

@vik238 Scotland is not in Canada or vice versa.

No one in Scotland cares.

This is Scottish stuff, not Canadian..

[StrathendrickPiper]

they are actually playing 2 tunes, the green hills of tyrol and when the battles over

[videomanson14]

this is the theme that rowdy roddy piper used

[vik238]

@honghavok you're welcome :)

[honghavok]

@vik238 Thank you!!!

[vik238]

@honghavok The King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 78th Highlanders of Canada play this fine bagpipe tune, Sept 2005 at the Estes Park Scottish Festival in Colorado.lookup scotfest dot com.

[vik238]

Alba gu bràth! The Maple Leaf Forever!