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"A Scottish Soldier" is a Scottish folk song. The lyrics were written by Andy Stewart. The song is about a dying Scottish soldier, wishing to return to the hills of his homeland rather than die in Tyrol. The song was one of two US chart entries by Andy Stewart. "A Scottish Soldier" reached no. 1 in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, spent 36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in 1961 and was in the top 50 in the USA for over a year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.andystewart.info/soldier/index.shtml )〕 The tune, "The Green Hills of Tyrol", is a well-known retreat march in the Scottish bagpipe tradition. It was transcribed by John MacLeod during the Crimean War from "La Tua Danza Sì Leggiera", a chorus part in the third act of Gioachino Rossini's 1829 opera '' Guglielmo Tell'' (William Tell).. Rossini adapted that tune from Alpine folk music. This song was also the entrance theme of professional wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. ==Lyrics== There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier Who wandered far away and soldiered far away There was none bolder, with good broad shoulders, He fought in many a fray and fought and won He's seen the glory, he's told the story Of battles glorious and deeds victorious But now he's sighing his heart is crying To leave these green hills of Tyrol Because these green hills are not Highland hills Or the Islands hills they're not my lands hills, As fair as these green foreign hills may be They are not the hills of home.. And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier, Who wandered far away and soldiered far away Sees leaves are falling, and death is calling And he will fade away, on that dark land He called his piper, his trusty piper And bade him sound a lay, a pibroch sad to play Upon a hillside but Scottish hillside Not on these green hills of Tyrol And now this soldier this Scottish soldier Who wanders far no more, and soldiers far no more Now on a hillside, a Scottish hillside You'll see a piper play this soldier home He's seen the glory, he's told the story Of battles glorious and deeds victorious But he will cease now, he is at peace now Far from these green hills of Tyrol 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Scottish Soldier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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