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Scarborough Settler's Lament 3/4 Stan Rogers
Standard Tuning / Travis Picking 1 + 2 + 3 +
Recorded by Stan Rogers in 1982 on For the Family.
/ C / / / / Am / / F /G /G
A / way wi' / Canada's / muddy / creeks, and / Canada's / fields of / pine,/
/ C / / / Am / / C / G
Your / land of / wheat is a / goodly land, but / oh, it / is not / mine./
/ C / / Am / C / Am / / F / G
The / heathy / hill, the / grassy / dale. the / daisy / spangled / le - / a,
/ C / / / / Am / G /
The / purling / burn and / craggy / linn, Auld / Scotland's / glens give /
C ///
me. ///
/ C / / / C / Am / / F /
Oh, / I would / like to / hear a - / gain the / lark on / Tinny's / hi - /
G
ll, and
C / Am / C / Am / / C / G
See the / wee bit / gowany that / blooms be - / side the / rill. /
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
Like / banished / Swiss who / views a - / far his / Alps with / longing /
F / G
e'e. /
/ C / / / / Am / / G /
I / gaze up - / on the / morning / star that / shines on / my / count - /
C / /
ry. / /
/ C / / / / Am / / F /
No / more I'll / win by / Eskdale / glen or / Pentland's / craggy / co - /
G /
mb. /
/ C / / / / Am / /
The / days can / ne'er come / back a - / gain of / thirty / years that's /
C / G
gone, /
/ C / / Am / C / Am / / F /
But / fancy / oft at / midnight / hour will / steal a - / cross the / se - /
G /
ea, / and
C / / / / Am / G / C //
Yester - / eve, in a / pleasant / dream, I / saw the / old count - / ry. //
Break: Flute Solo (one verse instrumental)
/ C / / / / Am /
Each / well-known / scene that / met my / view brought / childhood's / joys / F / G
to / mi - / nd.
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
The / blackbird / sang on / Tushey / linn the / song he / sang, "Lang /
C / G
Sy - / ne".
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
But / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /
F / G
ca - / me,
C / / / / Am / G / C
I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame.
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
Oh / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /
F / G
ca - / me,
C / / / / Am / G / C ///
I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame. ///
Standard Tuning / Travis Picking 1 + 2 + 3 +
Recorded by Stan Rogers in 1982 on For the Family.
/ C / / / / Am / / F /G /G
A / way wi' / Canada's / muddy / creeks, and / Canada's / fields of / pine,/
/ C / / / Am / / C / G
Your / land of / wheat is a / goodly land, but / oh, it / is not / mine./
/ C / / Am / C / Am / / F / G
The / heathy / hill, the / grassy / dale. the / daisy / spangled / le - / a,
/ C / / / / Am / G /
The / purling / burn and / craggy / linn, Auld / Scotland's / glens give /
C ///
me. ///
/ C / / / C / Am / / F /
Oh, / I would / like to / hear a - / gain the / lark on / Tinny's / hi - /
G
ll, and
C / Am / C / Am / / C / G
See the / wee bit / gowany that / blooms be - / side the / rill. /
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
Like / banished / Swiss who / views a - / far his / Alps with / longing /
F / G
e'e. /
/ C / / / / Am / / G /
I / gaze up - / on the / morning / star that / shines on / my / count - /
C / /
ry. / /
/ C / / / / Am / / F /
No / more I'll / win by / Eskdale / glen or / Pentland's / craggy / co - /
G /
mb. /
/ C / / / / Am / /
The / days can / ne'er come / back a - / gain of / thirty / years that's /
C / G
gone, /
/ C / / Am / C / Am / / F /
But / fancy / oft at / midnight / hour will / steal a - / cross the / se - /
G /
ea, / and
C / / / / Am / G / C //
Yester - / eve, in a / pleasant / dream, I / saw the / old count - / ry. //
Break: Flute Solo (one verse instrumental)
/ C / / / / Am /
Each / well-known / scene that / met my / view brought / childhood's / joys / F / G
to / mi - / nd.
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
The / blackbird / sang on / Tushey / linn the / song he / sang, "Lang /
C / G
Sy - / ne".
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
But / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /
F / G
ca - / me,
C / / / / Am / G / C
I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame.
/ C / / Am / C / Am / /
Oh / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /
F / G
ca - / me,
C / / / / Am / G / C ///
I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame. ///
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