Corries

Westering Home

Corries


Tom: C

C

[Chorus]
C
Westering home and a song in the air
F            C           F          G
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
C
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
C          G        F   C
Isle o' my heart my own one

[Verse 1]
C                       G
Tell me o' lands o' the Orient gay
C                       F       G
Speak o' the riches and joys o' Cathay
C                       G
Aye but its grand to be wakin' each day
   C             G         F
To find yourself nearer to Is-lay and it's

[Chorus]
C
Westering home and a song in the air
F            C           F          G
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
C
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
C          G        F   C
Isle o' my heart my own one


[Verse 2]
C                           G
Where are the folk like the folk o' the West
C                      F          G
Cantie and couthie and kindly the best
C                        G
There I would hie me and there I would rest
   C           G           F
At hame wi' my ain folk in Is-lay and its

[Chorus]
C
Westering home and a song in the air
F            C           F          G
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
C
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
C          G        F
Isle o' my heart my own one and its

[Chorus]
C
Westering home and a song in the air
F            C           F          G
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
C
Laughter o' love and a welcoming there
C          G        F   C
Isle o' my heart my own one

[Outro]
C
F  C  F  G
C
C  G  F  C