Dark Lochnagar

As performed by The Corries

(Lyrics are from a poem by Byron with minor changes. Chorus and final
verse are original to The Corries's version.)

(Corrected based on YouTube video version.)

Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens o' roses,
In you let the minions o' luxury rove,
And restore me the rock where the snowflake reposes,
If still they are sacred to freedom and love.
Brave Caledonia, dear are thy mountains,
Round their white summits though elements war
Though cataracts roar 'stead o' smooth-flowing fountain,
I sigh for the valley of dark Lochnagar.

There my young footsteps in infancy wander'd
My cap was the bonnet, my coat was the plaid.
On chieftains departed my memory lingered
As daily I straid thro' the pine cover'd glade.
I sought not my home till the day's dying glory
Gave place to the rays of the bright Polar star
My fancy was cheer'd by bold martial story,
As told by the sons of dark Lochnagar!

Years have roll'd on, Lochnagar, since I left you!
Years must roll on ere I see you again.
Though nature of verdure and flowers bereft you,
Yet still thou art dearer than Albion's plain.
England, thy beauties are tame and domestic
To one who has roamed over mountains afar
Oh! for the crags that are wild and magestic,
The steep frowning glories of dark Lochnagar.

Chorus:
Brave Caledonia, dear are thy mountains
I sigh for the valley o' dark Lochnagar.

Ill-starred now the brave, did no vision foreboding
Tell you that fate had forsaken our cause?
Yet were you destined to die at Culloden
Though victory crowned not your fall with applause
Yet were you happy in death's earthy slumbers
To sleep wi' your clan in the caves o' Braemar
The pibroch resounds to the piper's loud numbers
Your deeds tae the echoes of dark Lochnagar
(Your deeds tae the echoes of dark Lochnagar)
(Your deeds tae the echoes of dark Lochnagar)
(Your deeds tae the echoes of dark Lochnagar)

Chorus:


<http://www.lyricsvip.com/The-Corries/Dark-Lochnagar-Lyrics.html> Accessed Sep. 22, 2011.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUY5m36ss0I&feature=BFa&list=PL38E160F08D639806&lf=mh_lolz>
Accessed Sep. 23, 2011.