Scarborough Settlers Lamentv2

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 / way wi' / Canada's / muddy / creeks, and / Canada's / fields of / pine,/

Your / land of / wheat is a / goodly land, but / oh, it / is not / mine./

The / heathy / hill, the / grassy / dale. the / daisy / spangled / le - / a,

The / purling / burn and / craggy / linn, Auld / Scotland's / glens give /

C ///

me. ///

Oh, / I would / like to / hear a - / gain the / lark on / Tinny's / hi - /

ll, and

See the / wee bit / gowany that / blooms be - / side the / rill. /

Like / banished / Swiss who / views a - / far his / Alps with / longing /

E'E. /

I / gaze up - / on the / morning / star that / shines on / my / count - /

C / /

ry. / /

No / more I'll / win by / Eskdale / glen or / Pentland's / craggy / co - /

G /

mb. /

The / days can / ne'er come / back a - / gain of / thirty / years that's /

gone, /

But / fancy / oft at / midnight / hour will / steal a - / cross the / se - /

G /

ea, / and

Yester - / eve, in a / pleasant / dream, I / saw the / old count - / ry. //

Break: Flute Solo (one verse instrumental)

Each / well-known / scene that / met my / view brought / childhood's / joys / F / G

to / mi - / nd.

The / blackbird / sang on / Tushey / linn the / song he / sang, "Lang /

Sy - / ne".

But / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /

ca - / me,

I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame.

Oh / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning /

ca - / me,

I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame. ///