《Scots of the Riverina》歌词

歌曲： Scots of the Riverina

所属专辑：Behind the Lines (Expanded Edition)

歌手： Traditional&John Schumann

时长： 04:07

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Scots Of The Riverina - John Schumann and The Vagabond Crew[00:00:00]

Written by：Traditional[00:00:01]

The boy cleared out to the city from his home at harvest time[00:00:12]

They were Scots of the Riverina and to run from home was a crime[00:00:18]

The old man burned his letters the first and last he burned[00:00:24]

And he scratched his name from the Bible when the old wife's back was turned[00:00:30]

A year went past and another There were calls from the firingline[00:00:39]

They heard the boy had enlisted but the old man made no sign[00:00:45]

His name must never be mentioned on the farm by Gundagai[00:00:51]

They were Scots of the Riverina with ever the kirk hard by[00:00:58]

The boy came home on his final and the township's bonfire burned[00:01:06]

His mother's arms were about him but the old man's back was turned[00:01:12]

The daughters begged for pardon till the old man raised his hand[00:01:18]

A Scot of the Riverina who was hard to understand[00:01:25]

The boy was killed in Flanders where the best and bravest die[00:02:03]

There were tears at the Grahame homestead and grief in Gundagai[00:02:08]

But the old man ploughed at daybreak and the old man ploughed till the mirk[00:02:14]

There were furrows of pain in the orchard while his housefolk went to the kirk[00:02:19]

The hurricane lamp in the rafters dimly and dimly burned[00:02:30]

And the old man died at the table when the old wife's back was turned[00:02:37]

Face down on his bare arms folded he sank with his wild grey hair[00:02:43]

Outspread o'er the open Bible and a name rewritten there[00:02:51]