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