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
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In the valley of Strathmore
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Where my love and I have been
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Where we'll wander never moreEm D C
Chorus: But if time was a thing man could buy
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All the money that I have in store
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I would give for one day by her side
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In the valley of StrathmoreG C G
From the glen of the golden and green
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I left for a land far away
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Where sadness has never been seen
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Aye, and joy only costs a day's pay ChorusG C G
In Strathmore there's a long working day
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For a man with his hands on the plow plow is pronounced "ploo"
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But it's work I'd be happy to do
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If at night I were lying with you ChorusG C G
As I take a long draft from my glass
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Oh, I'm drinking alone here again
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And I try not to think of my lass
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For the old days will ne'er come again Chorus
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