Spirit of the West - The old sod
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:36:24 -0600
From: tcampbel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Tim Campbell)
The Old Sod
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Spirit of the West
album: Save This House
transcribed by Tim Campbell tcampbel@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca
INTRO & FILLS: F C F C F C Am G F C F C Am C G C
>From Fthe old sod to Cthe new land
We came Fover by the Cscore
We Fcut the ties and Csaid goodbye
And Amclosed the old world Gdoor
We Fsettled on your Cpraries
In your Fcities and your Ctowns
There's anAmother oatmeal Csavage
EveryGtime you turn aCround
Chorus
There's Cnone Gmore CScots
Than the FScots aCbroad
There's a Amplace in our Chearts
For the Gold Csod
There's Cnone Gmore CScots
Than the FScots aCbroad
There's a Amplace in our Chearts
For the Gold Csod
FILL (same as intro)
We soon found our own kind
Formed clubs and social nights
And we practised on each other
Just to keep our accents right
For there's more tartan here
Than in all the motherland
We came 5000 miles
To the gathering of the clans
CHORUS
FILL
There's a bar in the rec room
In the basement of our house
A little shrine to Ballantynes
Haig and famous Grouse
There's a sprig of purple heather
>From the land that once was mine
And Robbie's on the t-towel
With the words to Auld Lang Syne
CHORUS
FILL
Canada's been good to us
We've a living and a home
We've all got central heating here
And most are on the phone
I'm a citizen of both countries
And very proud to be
For the the thisle and the maple leaf
Are the emblems of the free
CHORUS
CHORUS
See the Unofficial Spirit of the West Homepage at:
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"Don't dwell on what has passed away
Or what is yet to be."
-L. Cohen
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