F
C
G7
C
For these are my mountains and I´m going home
G7
C
F
C
For fame and for for- tune I´ve wandered the earth
F
C
G7
But now I´ve returned to the land of my birth
C
C7
F
I´ve brought back my treasure but only to find
C
F
G7
C
They´re less than the pleasure I first left behind
G7
C
F
C
For these are my mount-ains this is my glen
F
C
G7
The days of my childhood I´ll see them again
C
C7
F
No land ever claimed me though far did I roam
C
F
G7
C
For these are my mountains and I´m going home
G7
C
F
C
The stream by the road sings at my going by
F
C
G7
The lark overhead wing a welcoming cry
C
C7
F
The lake where the trout lies once more I will see
C
F
G7
C
For it´s there that my heart lies it´s there I must be
F
C
F
G7
C
For these are my mountains and I´m going home
G7
C
F
C
Kind faces will meet me and welcome me in
F
C
G7
And oh how they´ll greet me back home again
C
C7
F
This night around the fireside old songs will be sung
C
F
G7
C
At last I´ll be hearing my own mother´s tongue
G7
C
F
C
For these are my mount-ains this is my glen
F
C
G7
The days of my childhood I´ll see them again
C
C7
F
No land ever claimed me though far did I roam
C
F
G7
C
For these are my mountains and I´m going home
F
C
F
G7
C
For these are my mountains and I´m going home
C
C7
F
G7
