Lochnagar (midi)

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1. Away ye gay landscapes, ye gardens of roses,

C G Am D

in you let the minions of luxury rove.

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Restore me the rock, where the snowflake reposes

C G D G

if still they are sacred to freedom and love.

Em C G

Yet, Caledonia, beloved are thy mountains,

Em C D

round their white summits tho` elements roar,

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tho` cataracts foam, `stead of smooth-flowing fountains,

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I sigh for the valley of dark Lochnagar.

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2. Ah, there my young footsteps in infan - cy wander`d,

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my cap was the bonnet, my cloak was the plaid.

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On chieftains departed my memo - ry ponder`d,

C G D G

as daily I stray`d thro` the pine-cover`d glade.

Em C G

I sought not my home till the day`s dying glory,

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gave place to the rays of the bright polar star,

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for fancy was cheer`d by traditional story,

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disclos`d by the natives of dark Lochnagar.

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3. Oh, shades of the dead, have I not heard your voices,

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rise on the night-rolling breath of the gale?

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And surely the soul of the hero rejoices,

C G D G

and rides on the wind o`er his own Highland vale.

Em C G

Round Lochnagar, while the stormy mist gathers,

Em C D

winter presides in his old icy car;

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the clouds there encircle the forms of my fathers,

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they dwell `mid the tempests of dark Lochnagar.

(Lord Byron)