"A Scottish Soldier" - Verse Two

Verse Two

And now this soldier, this Scottish soldier
Who wandered far away and soldiered far away
Sees leaves are falling, and death is calling
And he will fade away, on that dark land
He called his piper, his trusty piper
And bade him sound away, a pibroch sad to play
Upon a hillside, a Scottish hillside
Not on these green hills of Tyrol

Chorus

Because these green hills are not Highland hills
Or the Island's hills, they're not my land's hills
As fair as these green foreign hills may be
They are not the hills of home

AWI - 21st Royal North British Fusiliers - Front Rank

AWI - 26th Foot Cameronians- Front Rank

AWI - 42nd Foot Royal Highland Regiment - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 1st Foot The Royal Scots - Front Rank

Napoleonic - 21st Royal North British Fusiliers - Old Glory (I know they didnt wear the Fusilier caps in combat, but I like a bit of variety!)

Napoleonic - 26th Foot Cameronians - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 94th Foot The Scotch Brigade - Front Rank

Napoleonic - 71st Highland Light Infantry - Front Rank

Napoleonic - 94th Foot - Front Rank converted by adding light dragoon heads

Napoleonic - 79th Highland Regiment Cameron Highlanders - FR, OG and Elite figures

Napoleonic - 42nd Royal Highland Regiment The Black Watch - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 78th Highland Regiment The Ross shire Buffs - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 75th Highland Regiment - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 91st Highland Regiment Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders - Old Glory

Napoleonic - 92nd Highland Regiment The Gordon Highlanders - Front Rank

Napoleonic - 72nd (I think) Regiment wearing air tube helmets with Wellington in India - Redoubt Miniatures

I have to admit that I made an amateurs error when painting these about twenty years ago - many of these regiments were absent Europe for the entire period, being either in India, or elsewhere is the growing British empire - oh well! Also just to note, each unit has six elements - two flank, one command and three centre - I just cut them down to four so they would fit better in my photo booth.

Part three to follow in a couple of days!