a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 #

the highland watch - ludwig van beethoven lyrics

(verse 1)
old scotia, wake thy mountain strain
in all its wildest splendours!
and welcome back the lads again
your honour’s dear defenders!
be every harp and viol strung’
till all the woodlands quaver:
of many a band your bards have sung
but never hail’d a braver

(refrain 1)
then raise the pibroch, donald bane
we’re all in key to cheer it;
and let it be a martial strain
that warriors bold may hear it

(verse 2)
ye lovely maids, pitch high your notes
as virgin voice can sound them
sing of your brave, your n0ble scots
for glory kindles round thеm
small is the remnant you will see
lamentеd be the others!
but such a stem of such a tree
take to your arms like brothers
(refrain 2)
raise high the pibroch, donald bane
strike all our glen with wonder;
let the chanter yell, and the drone notes swell
till music speaks in thunder

(verse 3)
what storm can rend your mountain rock
what wave your headlands shiver?
long have they stood the tempest’s shock
thou knowst they will for ever
sooner your eye these cliffs shall view
split by the wind and weather
than foeman’s eye the bonnet blue
behind the nodding feather

(refrain 3)
o raise the pibroch, donald bane
our caps to the sky we’ll send them
scotland, thy honours who can stain
thy laurels who can rend them!

- ludwig van beethoven lyrics

Random Song Lyrics :

Popular