Back O Beyond

C F C F C G The tang o' the pines is fine as it hangs on the air C F C G The summer sun smiles, for whiles he hasn't a care C F C F C G The river runs free, and the bee sings her honeycomb song C F C F C G By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond C F C F C G The only real life is the life of the travelling man C F C G Free as the smoke are the folk of the travelling van C F C F C G At peace with the breeze, the trees and the birds on the pond C F C F C G By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond C F C F C G The children they yearn to learn the word of the school C F C G The old-ways are gone like raindrops that fall in the pool C F C F C G But we'll teach them to care, set a snare, and live off the land C F C F C G As they wander the track that leads to the back o' beyond C F C F C G But be on your guard, for hard are the winters of home C F C G Twenty below and the snow lying hard as the stone C F C F C G There's little to eat, and heat, just a memory gone C F C F C G By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond C F C F C G Aye maybe it's true, that you have a mansion and land C F C G And maybe the wife likes the life that is unco and grand C F C F C G But I'm happy to be, just me as I'm dodging along C F C F C G Tae the end o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond C F C F C G The tang o' the pines is fine as it hangs on the air C F C G The summer sun smiles, for whiles he hasn't a care C F C F C G The river runs free, and the bee sings her honeycomb song C F C F C By the side o' the track that leads tae the back o' beyond