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 CHORUS 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 CHORUS 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 CHORUS CHORUS