Scored:

Westering Home (1) 2010-11-05

Scotland, melody: traditional, words: Hugh Robertson, 1939
1) PMF arrangement, key: G, form: CV, CV, C

Chorus q = 50
# 6 Œ. Œ. .
. G G C Bm A7 D

. œ.œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ.œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ.
1

& 8
œ
West- er-ing home with a song in the air. light in me eyes and it's goodbye to care.

# œ . j
G G Bm D7 G

œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ. œ.
6 Fine
& œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ
Laugh-ter and love and the wel - com - ing there. isle of my heart, my own love.

#
Verse

œ œ œ œ œ œ
G Em A7 D G Em A7 D

œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ.
10

&
Tell me a tale of the O - ri - ent gay. Tell me of rich - es that come from Ca - thay.
Where are the folks like the folks in the West, can - tie and cou -thy and kind - ly, the best.

# œ œ
G Em A7 D Bm D7 G

œ œ œœ œ . œ œ œ œJ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ ..
14

&
Ah, but it's grand to be wakin' at day, and to find one - self clos - er to Is - lay. And it's
There I would hie me and there I would rest at home with my own folks in Is - lay. And it's

Notes:
- Islay: an island in the outer Hebrides, pronounced "eye-lah"
- Chords are currently from the ICS version (Foster differs)