Owl City Pipers

Ensemble de cornemuses écossaises

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Green Hills of Tyrol

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"The Green Hills of Tyrol", mélodie très connue,  a été transcrite par le Pipe Major John MacLeod en 1854, pendant la guerre de Crimée, à partir de "La Tua Danza Sì Leggiera", une partie du 3ème acte de "Guillaume Tell", opéra de Gioachino Rossini (écrit en 1829).  Rossini avait adapté cet air de musiques populaires des Alpes.

 

Les paroles ont été écrites par Andy Stewart en 1961. Elles parlent d'un soldat écossais mourant qui souhaiterait retourner dans les collines de son pays natal plutôt que de mourir au Tyrol.

 

Paroles :

 

There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier,
Who wandered far away and soldiered far away,
There was none bolder, with good broad shoulders,
He fought in many a fray and fought and won.
He’s seen the glory, he’s told the story,
Of battles glorious and deeds victorious.
But now he’s sighing, his heart is crying,
To leave these green hills of Tyrol.

 

Chorus
Because these green hills are not Highland hills
Or the Island’s hills, they’re not my land’s hills,
As fair as these green foreign hills may be
They are not the hills of home.

 

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier,
Who wandered far away and soldiered far away,
Sees leaves are falling, and death is calling,
And he will fade away, on that dark land.
He called his piper, his trusty piper,
And bade him sound away, a pibroch sad to play,
Upon a hillside, a Scottish hillside
Not on these green hills of Tyrol

 

Chorus

 

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier,
Who wanders far no more, and soldiers far no more,
Now on a hillside, a Scottish hillside,
You’ll see a piper play this soldier home.
He’s seen the glory, he’s told the story,
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious;
But he will cease now, he is at peace now,
Far from these green hills of Tyrol