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robin williamson – these islands green lyrics

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by robin williamson

scotland o where i was born
and happy i have been
it is days come months come long years
since my home i have seen
all over north america
from sh-r- to sh-r- i roamed
it’s thinking often all the while
and how would i get home

and all good friends what may betide
so dear so far away
and the green and pleasant countryside
where erst i spent my days
and when the road is hard and long
i oftimes call to mind
old scotland’s vales and scotland’s dales
and the love i left behind

but this rolling world’s no poet’s home
nor has been since man’s fall
through hollow lands and hilly lands
where the lonesome sparrow calls
his notes evokes a broken key
as you can understand
which makes us roving strangers all
from our native land

so treat me kindly as i go
as heaven doth require
a safe rest and a friendly word
are all that i desire
and a gl-ss of your good whiskey bring
in the height of my good cheer
and i’ll think on it kindly many a mile
when i am gone from here

i’ll take the good times with the bad
times are nothing sure
i’ve learned the while that fortune smiles
on them that can endure
ah but i will trust in providence
no matter where i roam
and honest ways and honest days
will lead us all safe home

- robin williamson lyrics

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