Tour Scotland Video Lone Piper Playing When The Battles Over Mini Military Tattoo City Square Dundee Tayside

Tour Scotland video of a lone Piper playing When The Battles Over from a balcony overlooking the City Square at the mini Military tattoo on ancestry visit to Dundee, Scotland. Lone bagpiper from the Edinburgh Military Tattoo playing at the mini tattoo in Dundee. The tune is a late 19th century composition by Pipe Major William Robb, of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the tune entered piping repertoire between the Boer and First World Wars.

When the Battle’s Over
I returned to the fields of glory,
Where the green grasses and flowers grow.
And the wind softly tells the story,
Of the brave lads of long ago.

March no more my soldier laddie,
There is peace where there once was war.
Sleep in peace my soldier laddie,
Sleep in peace, now the battle’s over.

In the great glen they lay a sleeping,
Where the cool waters gently flow.
And the gray mist is sadly weeping,
For those brave lads of long ago.

See the tall grass is there awaiting,
As their banners of long ago.
With their heads high forward threading,
Stepping lightly to meet the foe.

Some return from the fields of glory,
To their loved ones who held them dear.
But some fell in that hour of glory,
And were left to their resting here

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