Biography:
The Alexander Brothers was an easy-listening folk-music duo from Scotland who begsn performing in the 1950s.
Tom Alexander (1934– 10 January 2020) and Jack Alexander (1935–2 November 2013) were born in Cambusnethan, near Wishaw. On leaving school in the early fifties, the brothers pursued a trade as painters and decorators by day, and entertainers by night, and spent most of their spare time performing for elderly people in hospitals and for various charitable institutions in and around their hometown.
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Westering Home - Traditional Scottish Folk
[Chorus]
G
Westering home and a song in the air
C G C D
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
G C G
Laughter of love and a welcoming there
D C G
Isle of my heart my own one.
[Verse 1]
G D
Tell me of lands of the orient gay
G C D
Speak of the riches and joys o Cathay
G D
Ay but its grand to be walking each day
G D C G
and find yourself nearer to Isla.
[Verse 2]
G D
Where are the folk like the folk o the West
G C D
Canty and couthy and kindly the best
G D
There I would hide me and there I would rest
G D C G
At home with my ain folk on Isla.
[Verse 3]
G D
Now I'm at home and at home I do lay
G C D
Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay
G D
I'll hop a good ship and be on my way
G D C G
And bring back my fortune to Islay
[Chorus]
G
Westering home and a song in the air
C G C D
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
G C G
Laughter of love and a welcoming there
D C G
Isle of my heart my own one.
[Chorus]
G
Westering home and a song in the air
C G C D
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
G C G
Laughter of love and a welcoming there
D C G
Isle of my heart my own one.
[Verse 1]
G D
Tell me of lands of the orient gay
G C D
Speak of the riches and joys o Cathay
G D
Ay but its grand to be walking each day
G D C G
and find yourself nearer to Isla.
[Verse 2]
G D
Where are the folk like the folk o the West
G C D
Canty and couthy and kindly the best
G D
There I would hide me and there I would rest
G D C G
At home with my ain folk on Isla.
[Verse 3]
G D
Now I'm at home and at home I do lay
G C D
Dreaming of riches that come from Cathay
G D
I'll hop a good ship and be on my way
G D C G
And bring back my fortune to Islay
[Chorus]
G
Westering home and a song in the air
C G C D
Light in the eye and its goodbye to care
G C G
Laughter of love and a welcoming there
D C G
Isle of my heart my own one.
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