Valley Of Strathmore
Andy M. Stewart  This is a wonderful, lilting song.  It is recorded on the Silly Wizard Live Wizardry album.

G                                 C             G
By the clear and the winding stream
            C                      D
In the valley of Strathmore
              G                C           G
Where my love and I have been
                       C                       D
Where we'll wander never more

                           Em              D                        C
Chorus:  But if time was a thing man could buy
                                                  D
All the money that I have in store
               G                 C               G
I would give for one day by her side
           C                       D
In the valley of Strathmore

                   G                C                 G
From the glen of the golden and green
   C                            D
I left for a land far away
               G                  C                 G
Where sadness has never been seen
                  C                                  D
Aye, and joy only costs a day's pay      Chorus

                 G                    C                    G
In Strathmore there's a long working day
            C                                          D
For a man with his hands on the plow           plow is pronounced "ploo"
              G              C           G
But it's work I'd be happy to do
         C                                D
If at night I were lying with you       Chorus

           G                C                     G
As I take a long draft from my glass
                C                                 D
Oh, I'm drinking alone here again
           G            C                G
And I try not to think of my lass
               C                                          D
For the old days will ne'er come again    Chorus
 

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