Good song.  Glad to see you're using that studio you built.  I like the mix.

Classic country, the Mandolin part setes it apart from typical songs like this, good stuff

When the sun comes up tomorrow I'll be leaving
another crowd 200 miles away
this old rodeo, it's in my blood and in my veins
One day it might even be the death of me.

Cowboys aren't the kind that like to settle down
we always have some other place to be
Sunrise on a mountain top , or a starry sky at night 
It really doesn't matter as long as we  're living free

High Sierra, 
Where a man can know what it feels  like to be free
High Sierra, 
Where the evening breeze is blowing through the trees

solo

I've been way too long living in a city
I need to see the tumble weeds again
A campfire in the night, man that's such a sight
I gotta be where the wind is blowing free

High Sierra, 
Where a man can know what it feels like to be free 
High Sierra, 
Where the evening breeze is blowing through the trees

High Sierra

THE SCOTTISH SONG
By David Snyder

Note: It was hard to make out what the drinking Scots were saying, but I did my best.

V1

Molly had a pint of beer
she took up in her croft??
and wee Seamus wore his hat
with more than lobster pots?

and 'er the lads from Shetland??
wore kilts with tiny spots
blessed lads would keep them hanging?????
but preachers they were not

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V2

If Molly had the wee thing???
and it's hidden in her socks
then Seamus will take off his kilt???
and show his Scottish locks???
it might be the Loch Ness monster
that is creepin to the docks
but before the night is over
he'll be at Molly's croft???

CH

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot

V3

Bha peant lionn aig Molly
thog i air a chroit ??
agus chuir Seamus 'eudach air
le barrachd air poitean ghiomach?

CH

agus chan e dùthaich mhàthaireil a th’ ann an Èirinn??
agus Sasainn faodaidh e grodadh???
agus faodaidh tu falbh uair-eigin do Chanada ???
mas e Albannach eireachdail a th’ annad?
???

CH

Aye!

and Ireland's not a motherland
and England it can rot
and you can go someday to Canada
if you're a handsome Scot


All music and lyrics copyright 2022 by David Snyder
ASCAP/Day of Faith Records. All rights reserved.

David Snyder: Vocals, Production, Arrangement, Engineering, Instrumentation

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