#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:36:24 -0600 From: [email protected] (Tim Campbell) The Old Sod ----------- Spirit of the West album: Save This House transcribed by Tim Campbell [email protected] INTRO & FILLS: G D G D G D Bm A G D G D Bm D A D G D >From the old sod to the new land G D We came over by the score G D We cut the ties and said goodbye Bm A And closed the old world door G D We settled on your praries G D In your cities and your towns Bm D There's another oatmeal savage A D Everytime you turn around Chorus D A D There's none more Scots G D Than the Scots abroad Bm D There's a place in our hearts A D For the old sod D A D There's none more Scots G D Than the Scots abroad Bm D There's a place in our hearts A D 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 See the Unofficial Spirit of the West Homepage at: http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca/~tcampbel/spirit.html /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ "Don't dwell on what has passed away Or what is yet to be." -L. Cohen /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
