The Yew Tree (Battlefield Band)
Keyboard
A#m
F mile frae Pentcaitland, on the road to the sea
Stands a yew tree a thousand years old
And the old women swear by the grey o' their hair
That it knows what the future will hold
D# G# A#m
For the shadows of Scotland stand round it
G# D#
'Mid the kail and the corn and the kye
C# G#
All the hopes and the fears of a thousand long years
A#m G# Gb
Under the Lothian sky
G#
My bonnie yew tree
A#m
Tell me what did you see
Guitar
Cm A# G# Cm
Did you look through the haze o' the lang summer days
G# A# Cm
Tae the South and the far English border
Cm A# G# Cm
A' the bonnets o' steel on Flodden's far field
G# A# Cm
Did they march by your side in good order
F A# Cm
Did you ask them the price o' their glory
A# F
When you heard the great slaughter begin
D# A# Gm
For the dust o' their bones would rise up from the stones
Cm A# Cm
To bring tears to the eyes o' the wind
A#
My bonnie yew tree
Cm G# Cm
Tell me what did you see
Cm A# G# Cm
Not once did you speak for the poor and the weak
G# A# Cm
When the moss-troopers lay in your shade
Cm A# G# Cm
To count out the plunder and hide frae the thunder
G# A# Cm
And share out the spoils o' their raid
F A# Cm
But you saw the smiles o' the gentry
A# F
And the laughter of lords at their gains
D# A#
When the poor hunt the poor across mountain and moor
Cm A# Cm
The rich man can keep them in chains
A#
My bonnie yew tree
Cm G# Cm
Tell me what did you see
Cm A# G# Cm
Did you no' think tae tell when John Knox himsel'
G# A# Cm
Preached under your branches sae black
Cm A# G# Cm
To the poor common folk who would lift up the yoke
G# A# Cm
O' the bishops and priests frae their backs
F A# Cm
But you knew the bargain he sold them
A# F
And freedom was only one part
D# A# Gm
For the price o' their souls was a gospel sae cold
N.C.
It would freeze up the joy in their hearts
A#
My bonnie yew tree
Cm G# Cm
Tell me what did you see
Solo
Fm A# D# Cm
Fm A# D# Cm
C# Cm C# Cm
C# D# F
Cm
And I thought as I stood and laid hands on your wood
That it might be a kindness to fell you
One kiss o' the axe and you're freed frae the racks
G# A# Cm
O' the sad bloody tales that men tell you
Slowed down
F A# Cm
But a wee bird flew out from your branches
A# F
And sang out as never before
D# A# Gm
And the words o' the song were a thousand years long
Cm A# G#
And to learn them's a long thousand more
A#
My bonnie yew tree
Cm
Tell me what CAN you see
Hope you enjoy the Music.
Peace
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- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan