These Are My Mountains

G C G For fame and for fortune I wandered the earth C G D And now I've come back to the land of my birth G G7 C I've brought back my treasures but only to find G D G They're less than the pleasures I first left behind G C G For these are my mountains and this is my glen C G D The braes of my childhood will know me again G G7 C No land's ever claimed me tho' far I did roam G D G For these are my mountains and I'm going home G C G The burn by the road sings at my going by C G D The lark overhead wings with welcoming cry G G7 C The loch where the scart flies at last I can see G D G It's here that my heart lies it's here I'll be free G C G For these are my mountains and this is my glen C G D The braes of my childhood will know me again G G7 C No land's ever claimed me tho' far I did roam G D G For these are my mountains and I'm going home G C G Kind faces will meet me and welcome me in C G D And how they will greet me my ain kith and kin G G7 C The night round the ingle old sangs will be sung G D G At last I'll be hearing my ain mother tongue. G C G For these are my mountains and this is my glen C G D The braes of my childhood will know me again G G7 C No land's ever claimed me tho' far I did roam G D G For these are my mountains and I'm going home