Dark Lochnagar

C
Away, ye gay landscapes, ye gardens o' roses.
  F            C                  G
In you let the minions of luxury rove.
     C
Restore me the rocks where snowflake reposes
     F                C        G         C
If still they are sacred to freedom and love
  C              F           C
Brave Caledonia, dear are thy mountains,
                                        G
Round their white summits though elements war.
      C
Tho’ cataracts roar 'stead of smooth flowing fountains,
    C                       G        C
I sigh for the valleys o' dark Lochnagarr.


  C
Ah, there my young footsteps in infancy wandered.
  F            C                        G
My cap was my bonnet, my cloak was my plaid.
     C
On chieftains long perished my memory lingered
     F                C          G            C
As daily I strayed through the pine covered glade.
   C                            F           C
I sought not my home till the days dying glory.
                                            G
Gave place to the rays o' the bright polar star
      C
My fancy was cheered by the bold martial story
     C                        G        C
As told by the sons o' Dark Lochnagar.


  C
Years have rolled on, Lochnagar, since I left you
  F                  C                    G
Years must roll on ere I see you again
     C
Though Nature of verdure and flowers bereft you
     F                 C          G            C
Yet still art thou dearer than Albion's plain
   C                            F           C
 England! thy beauties are tame and domestic
                                G
 To one who has roved on the mountains afar
      C
Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic
      C                         G        C
The steep frowning glories o' wild Lochnagar.



 C
Ill starred now the brave did no vision foreboding.
  F                 C                   G
Tell you that fate had forsaken our cause
     C
Yet were you destined to die at Culloden?
   F                 C           G            C
Though victory crowned not your fall with applause.
   C                            F           C
Yet were you happy in death's earthly slumber
                                            G
Tae sleep wi’ your clan in the caves of Braemar
      C
The pibroch resounds tae the piper's loud numbers
     C                        G        C
Your deeds on the echoes o’ dark Lochnagar.


PA YED SLOWLY
  C               F              C
Brave Caledonia dear are thy mountains
                 C          G        C
I sigh for the valley o' dark Lochnagar



Repeat fading

    C                           G        C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar
    C                           G        C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar
    C                           G        C
The steep sounding glories of dark Lochnagar