transcribed by Tim Campbell  


INTRO & FILLS:  G5  D5  G5  D5  G5  D5  B5  A5  G5  D5  G5  D5  B5  D5  A5  D5


         G5              D5
>From the old sod to the new land
        G5           D5
We came over by the score
   G5                D5
We cut the ties and said goodbye
    B5                   A5
And closed the old world door
   G5               D5
We settled on your praries
        G5               D5
In your cities and your towns
          B5            D5
There's another oatmeal savage
     A5              D5
Everytime you turn around


        Chorus

                        D5    A5    D5
                There's none more Scots
                         G5      D5
                Than the Scots abroad
                          B5           D5
                There's a place in our hearts
                        A5   D5
                For the old sod
                        D5    A5    D5
                There's none more Scots
                         G5      D5
                Than the Scots abroad
                          B5           D5
                There's a place in our hearts
                        A5   D5
                For the old sod


        FILL (same as intro)


We soon found our own kind
Formed clubs and social nights
And we practised on each other
Just to keep our accents right
For there's more tartan here
Than in all the motherland
We came 5000 miles
To the gathering of the clans


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        FILL


There's a bar in the rec room
In the basement of our house
A little shrine to Ballantynes
Haig and famous Grouse
There's a sprig of purple heather
>From the land that once was mine
And Robbie's on the t-towel
With the words to Auld Lang Syne


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        FILL


Canada's been good to us
We've a living and a home
We've all got central heating here
And most are on the phone
I'm a citizen of both countries
And very proud to be
For the the thisle and the maple leaf
Are the emblems of the free


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