Scarborough Settler's Lament 3/4 Stan Rogers Standard Tuning / Travis Picking 1 + 2 + 3 + Recorded by Stan Rogers in 1982 on For the Family. / C / / / / Am / / F /G /G A / way wi' / Canada's / muddy / creeks, and / Canada's / fields of / pine,/ / C / / / Am / / C / G Your / land of / wheat is a / goodly land, but / oh, it / is not / mine./ / C / / Am / C / Am / / F / G The / heathy / hill, the / grassy / dale. the / daisy / spangled / le - / a, / C / / / / Am / G / The / purling / burn and / craggy / linn, Auld / Scotland's / glens give / C /// me. /// / C / / / C / Am / / F / Oh, / I would / like to / hear a - / gain the / lark on / Tinny's / hi - / G ll, and C / Am / C / Am / / C / G See the / wee bit / gowany that / blooms be - / side the / rill. / / C / / Am / C / Am / / Like / banished / Swiss who / views a - / far his / Alps with / longing / F / G E'E. / / C / / / / Am / / G / I / gaze up - / on the / morning / star that / shines on / my / count - / C / / ry. / / / C / / / / Am / / F / No / more I'll / win by / Eskdale / glen or / Pentland's / craggy / co - / G / mb. / / C / / / / Am / / The / days can / ne'er come / back a - / gain of / thirty / years that's / C / G gone, / / C / / Am / C / Am / / F / But / fancy / oft at / midnight / hour will / steal a - / cross the / se - / G / ea, / and C / / / / Am / G / C // Yester - / eve, in a / pleasant / dream, I / saw the / old count - / ry. // Break: Flute Solo (one verse instrumental) / C / / / / Am / Each / well-known / scene that / met my / view brought / childhood's / joys / F / G to / mi - / nd. / C / / Am / C / Am / / The / blackbird / sang on / Tushey / linn the / song he / sang, "Lang / C / G Sy - / ne". / C / / Am / C / Am / / But / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning / F / G ca - / me, C / / / / Am / G / C I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame. / C / / Am / C / Am / / Oh / like a / dream time / flies a - / way, a - / gain, the / morning / F / G ca - / me, C / / / / Am / G / C /// I a - / woke in / Cana - / da, three / thousand / miles frae - / hame. ///