The Book of Scottish Song/Draw the sword

Draw the sword.

[Words by J. R. Planche. Music altered and arranged by G. Herbert Rodwell.]

Draw the sword, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland!
Over mountain and moor hath passed the war-sign:
The pibroch is pealing, pealing, pealing,
Who heeds not the summons is nae son o' thine.
The clans they are gath'ring, gath'ring, gath'ring,
The clans they are gath'ring by loch and by lea;
The banners they are flying, flying, flying,
The banners they are flying that lead to victory.
Draw the sword, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland!
Charge as ye charged in the days o' langsyne;
Sound to the onset, the onset, the onset,
He who but falters is nae son o' thine.

Sheath the sword, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland!
Sheath the sword, Scotland, for dimmed is its shine;
Thy foemen are fleeing, fleeing, fleeing,
And wha kens nae mercy is nae son o' thine!
The struggle is over, over, over,
The struggle is over!—the victory won!
There are tears for the fallen, the fallen, the fallen,
And glory for all who their duty have done!
Sheath the sword, Scotland, Scotland, Scotland!
With thy loved thistle new laurels entwine;
Time shall ne'er part them, part them, part them,
But hand down the garland to each son o' thine.

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