Hearts Of Glory

This is my story

This is my song

It's a long way from gorgie

To the fields o' the somme

Where they played tunes of glory

As we marched along

The pals o' the sporting battalion

From the heart of midlothian

To the waverly train

The crowds they were singing

An auld scots refrain

Our sweethearts and darlings

Our bonnie wee bairns

Were waving their flags

And calling our names

Sing hearts of glory

Dawn and sunset

Hearts of glory

Lest we forget

Young scottish soldiers

And soldiers unknown

Who gave hearts of glory

In the trenches of picardy

The whistles are blown

And it's over the top lads

Through the wire and the bombs

To pain and destruction

Let the piper play

To lead us to hell

To death and dismay

There was never a moment

I was not afraid

But there by my side

Were the gallant mccrae's

Until they fell in the slaughter

When the bayonets were out

And the few of us left

Held the auld scots redoubt

Ellis and currie

Briggs, boyd, hazeldean

Wattie and nisbet

He was only sixteen

Their names i'll remember

At the end of each day

They fought and died

Wi' geordie mccrae

Who cared for the kaiser

Or imperial gains

Love of our country

Duty or fame?

Between the whim of an airman

And four feathers of shame

We fought for the pals

Of a wee fitba team

And when it was over

Just what had we done?

There were no flags of glory

For mccrae and his own

There were no graves for heroes

For our brothers and sons

Who sleep 'neath the flowers

In the fields of the somme

Some came back as cripples

Some couldnae kick a ball

Some wounded and broken

Most came not at all

But they remain in my memory

Forever young

The pals o' the sporting battalion