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SOLWAY SANDS
(Ian M. Bruce/Victor C. Besch)

If silven by starlight from coal black sky
Or gilded by beams from the blue
Or misted and eerie I'll always try
To keep Solway Sand on my shoe

Though I was not born here, it's here I feel free
Together we're seamlessly sewn.
I and the spirit of Solway agree
T's the greatest peace I've ever known.

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I'm leaving the bright lights of Glasgow behind
For rolling hills, beach and the bog
For strolling along on Solway sand
And throwing a stick for my dog.

If you leave him alone the adder won't bite
For the midgies I can't say the same.
Here on the trail of the soaring Red Kite
The keepers are guarding their game.
The ghosts of the reivers peek over the hill
Powerlessly they gaze on
Cattle now safe, threat painlessly still
And foot and mouth fires are gone.

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To Gretna through Stewartry out to the west
Let's raise a glass, drink a toast
And I hear to your south, though I've never been
There's a beautiful Cumbrian Coast.
God bless you Kentigern, fare thee well Rutherglen.
But I wont be so far away.
If you or I yearn to meet up again

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from Above Wild Water, released February 1, 2012
Written by Ian M. Bruce & Victor C Besch

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