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lyrics:

You’re a stranger to these hills and you’ve come up
here to end your days
And you love our running rivers and you love our
quaint little Highland ways

You sold your house in the city – you put it on the
market and you did so good
Now you’ve bought a little piece of something
that you don’t understand and you’ve
misunderstood

But I’ll tell you about the land that you play on
What you’ve gained is our ultimate loss
I’ll tell you about the soil you decay on
I’ll hold it up to you like the Fiery Cross

You love the view from your window and you’d go out
more but it always rains
You don’t think much of the music or the tears in the
old man’s sad refrains

You’ve bought yourself miles of tartan and you wear it
round your middle and you wear it on your head
You stand there a proud believer in a vision of the truth
that’s long gone dead

But I’ll tell you about the land etc.

Once these glens were full of people and the songs
and stories of their fathers of old
And there was peace and plenty and a horn of
whiskey when the weather grew cold

Then along came the great improvers and they
cleaned it up like only imperials could
They lined them up for transportation to the land of the
brave and the free and the good

But I’ll tell you about the land etc.

Look to the south I tell you that the black man has it
cruel and hard
But you don’t have to look any further that the rumble
of stones in our own backyard

And Oh sad the day and all that’s left are a fading few
Yes Sir you may have paid good money for it but no it’ll
never belong to you

But I’ll tell you about the land etc.

5 Responses to “Dougie MacLean’s “Homeland” sung by Hank MacGregor”

1. roho on 27 May 2008 at 12:46 pm #

   Not being familiar with Maclean’s music, thanks for the introduction.

   Does a fiery cross have it’s roots in Scottland?

2. Weaver on 27 May 2008 at 1:22 pm #

   History of the Crann Tara

   The “Fiery Cross” was the modern day equivalent of an aircraft squadrons ‘scramble’ call. Each clan had a certain rendezvous point, and all the men capable of fighting were expected to be there, armed and ready for action.

   The “Fiery Cross” was always regarded as a ‘Highland’ thing, which it was.

   In these days of peace and civilization we no longer need the “Fiery Cross” to summon us to deeds of war and violence; but we will cherish it as the symbol of unity and loyalty among kindred and make use of it in summoning us to gather together in Clanship, in inspiring cordiality among us, and in fostering home ties. Maybe some day soon we will need the return of the “Fiery Cross”.

   And of course…
   

   The western portions of Virginia and the Carolinas, the northern portions of Georgia and Alabama, and most of Tennessee, were settled by the hardy race of Scottish-Irish, in whose veins the Scottish blood was still warm, and vibrant.

   The writer Thomas Dixon, in “The Clansman,” makes mention of the use of the “Fiery Cross” in the rites and ceremonies of the Ku-Klux Klan, which organization originated and flourished among the Scottish-Irish of those regions.

   However, we should never surrender such an important symbol to PC.

   I dunno if it’s linked to the Presbyterian Cross, though I suspect it is.

3. hermano on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:32 pm #

   I am sure Doug would never spell Whisky with an ‘e’

4. Weaver on 11 Jun 2008 at 12:08 am #

   Aye – my mistake laddy.

   We Americans spell it with an e.

5. Hank MacGregor on 30 Nov 2011 at 1:51 am #

   Hi just to let you know this is now on my new YouTube channel HankMacGregor1

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