"It's Just Like Being At Hame"
(There's  a piper playing in the morning)
by
William Hargreaves & Harry Lauder
 

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Verse 1

A highlan' regiment was forced to go,
To a distant land across the foam;
Whilst a poor old mither with a heavy heart,
Waited anxiously at home.
Soon her sad face turned into a smiling one,
When a letter came across the sea,
For it said "don't cry!  don't you sigh"
I'm as happy as can be..

Chorus
"There's a piper playing in the morning,
An auld Scotch tune sae fine,
There's a tartan plaiddie, buckled on each laddie,
Oh it's just like Auld Lang Syne.
I can hear them praising Bonny Scotland,
Bonny Scotland's fame,  so
Don't sigh, dear, Am a' richt here,
It's just like being at Hame'

Verse 2

The fierce fight lengthen'd and the months dragg'd on,
Whilst the roll call shorten'd day by day;
Though they saw their comrades falling, one by one,
Yet they bravely fought their way;
For the handful left had sworn to do or die,
And with one long cheer they forg'd ahead;
and a Higland lad fought like mad,
As a mither proudly read;

Chorus

The flag was planted 'neath a scorching sun,
Where the white man's will ever reign;
And the brave Scotch soldier who had fought and won,
Were returning home again.
And the Highland mither watch'd the passing ranks,
For the one she loved so dear;
And in frenzied joy, kiss'd her boy,
As he whisper'd in her ear;

Chorus

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