I have had no success in finding the lyrics to Andy M. Stewart’s ‘Fire in the Glen’… Can anyone help?
Best to all on this frigid Thursday in PA.
Byll
What part can’t you make out from the recording?
A number of phrases, Bloom…One is ‘…no fire in the eyes of our________________’
And a few others.
Best
Byll
Is this them, Byll?
The old days have gone
That had use for a man
Who supported His Lairdship
Protecting his land
Who in times of unrest
Would have died for his lord
Now the soldiers of England
Have taken his broadsword.
And there’s fire in the glen
Fire in the glen
But no fire in the eyes of
Our Highland Men.
And the laird has a smile
For the makers of graves
For the builders of Empires
And the keepers of slaves
For he kept his great home
Losing nothing but pride
Though his kinsmen lay huddled
Along the shore side.
So beware of their banners
And the general’s lies
There’s no glory for the poor man
No glittering prize
For we gave all we had
Now our homes they’ve pulled down
And I cry out “Republic!” and
“Allegiance to no Crown!”
Found on the web, so might not be accurate!
hth,
he sings “hee-lan’ men” here, that makes it hard to suss, I think.
Thanks so much to Bloo and Gary. That’s it, guys…
Best.
Byll
Gary: Will you please share the website where you found these lyrics?
Best.
Byll
Byll, I actually found them in two places… the first was on a strange game site, which I think used the song as part of the computer game it was advertising. Not really relevant I don’t think…I’ve got the URL at the office (I’m at home now) and can post it if you like.
But I also found them here:
http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
which is much more relevant, and served to sort of confirm that the lyrics on that odd game site were probably 'the real McCoy". If you enter “Fire in the Glen” in the search box, it’ll return the lyrics (and some other unrelated stuff!).
I noticed in my search that there’s a band called “Fire in the Glen” who performed this song on their CD, but although their site has lyrics for four of their songs, they didn’t publish the lyrics you were looking for.
hope this helps!
Aye it fair brings a tear ta ma Eye 
Come and Fight fer Charlie 
That’ll likely be the smoke, I reckon! 
Byll, just for the sake of completeness…here’s that strange game site where I first found the lyrics…
http://www.kushaiah.com/amber/dhugalfireintheglen.htm
As I said, not really relevant beyond the fact that the lyrics are there, although the site’s author does say “This song captures the mournful nature and the plight of the scottish people in the past struggles to keep their independence. Dhugal comes from a world where Scotland is locked in a bitter struggle to be free. But even he knows it is a losing battle, and time moves relentlessly forward.”