I played this at my Dads funeral.He was my absolute hero,he walked all of his life and Adored Scotland and it’s history.He climbed most of her mountains and fished most of her lochs and rivers.He raised my two younger sisters and me the same way,to be proud of who we are and he just loved the Corries.❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I met my husband in 1965, we married a year later. A few years later he went climbing in the Scottish Highlands for the first time with a few friends. He decided he would have to take his daughter and I to see the beauty of our country. We have never looked back. We have explored our country all over, and I will be ever gratefull to my lovely husband for showing us the majesty of our homeland. Sadly, he left us a year ago, but he left us with so much. He took us by the hills to the land where fancy is free. We love the songs that praise our amazing country, they will be with us always.thank you my Drew.

Chose this song to be played at my fathers funeral yesterday . The man who put in me a deep love for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿RIP Dad 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

As a Folk group we supported the Corries 60 years ago in what was the Playhouse Cinema in Fort William. We were called The Nevis Folk Four. Happy days.

“Where our past it is lost but our future is still to be won”....🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

These men are the finest Scottish Song writers of all time.We are so proud of you.Alba Gu Brath.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

This makes one wish that the Corries could have carried on forever! Thank God their music has been preserved!

I had the privilege of meeting Roy Williamson a couple of years before we lost him. He and Ronnie Brown were stars but they still had that folk club humanity where all are equal and a guy from the crowd can come to talk mandolin strings and be welcomed. A brief chat after a lovely gig - which left their satin shirts drenched - but it's treasure for me. There's another Williamson and that's the legendary Robin of The Incredible String Band. Up there with the gods in so many ways but always down here with us. We exchanged scarves in 1982. The divas could learn a lot from Ronnie and Roy and Robin - and Carthy and MacColl and Seeger and KirkPatrick and Prior and Garbutt and others I've met - and that is, if you sing the songs of the people, their struggles, hopes and loves, you are one of the people. If you spend your time up there with the gods, you forget life down here. All those I've named - and others - impressed me deeply because, although they are - and were; some have moved on - musicians and lyricists of the highest order, they are still part of us, the people. Happy daze. x

The Corries have been with me for these last four decades - they are what my heart tells me it wants to listen to ...bards of a long lost time. Music is pure magic and a time traveling device, so thanks to them these old times are not lost.

Although i am not from Scotland,i have been about 5 times in bonnie scotland.these 2 guys are extaordinary good.could listen them,endlessly. Hail caledonia. Flower of scotland. A guy from 🇦🇹 Austria 👍

One of their most beautiful songs. Roy's had the loveliest of voices and the combolins in this song are just wonderful. Oh how they are missed.

Sadly missed.They gave great live performances.

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Roy was a genius! The Combolin has a lovely sound.

Oh come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free Stand where the peat meets the sky and the lochs meet the sea Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ Oh come by the hills tae the land where life is a song Sing where the birds fill the air with their joy all day long Where the trees sway in time and even the wind is in tune And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ Oh come by the hills tae the land where legend remains Where stories of old fill the hearth and may yet come again Where our past it is lost but our future is still to be won And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡ So come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free Stand where the peat meets the sky and the lochs meet the sea Where the rivers run plain and the bracken is gold is the sun And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done ♡♡♡ ♡ ♡♡♡

I love how years after one of their deaths, this music can still touch the Scottish heart of this yankee boy. My family came from Ireland and mostly Scotland on both sides of my family. I've never been, but I still long for that beautiful country.

Love this song, First heard Finbar Furey's version a few years back. Greetings to our Celtic brothers and sisters across the water.

Only recently heard this song , it's a very beautiful song very beautifully sung by these men. 5 stars 👏👏🖐🖐

This has always been one of my favourite Corries' songs.

The corries are my favorite folk group. Greetings from america, lads.

From wikipedia: "The Combolin was invented by Roy Williamson of The Corries in the summer of 1969. The combolin combined several instruments into a single instrument. One combined a mandolin and a guitar (along with four bass strings operated with slides), the other combined guitar and the Spanish bandurria, the latter being an instrument Williamson had played since the early days of the Corrie Folk Trio."

I want this played at my funeral. I love Roy Williamson singing this song and the combolins make it so beautiful and soulful.

been in and out the hospitol myself corries always kept me true i wish i could meet ron ;)#

One of the most beautiful songs ever written, by one of the most outstanding musical duos ever----!

What can I say? Beautiful ❣️! Roy is my Elvis!!!! No sequened jumpsuits needed,!

Drive through glencoe with this playing and weep.

aye their like will never be seen again in this lifetime

and the cares of tomorrow can wait til this day is done... I've never heard this song before, but it could easily become one of my favourites.

I saw The Corries in Elgin during 1970 I think. The Combolins were (still are) unique. An incredible sound and looking amazingly difficult to play. Roy Williamson was a flamin' genius, he really was. God how his family, Ronnie and all his friends must still miss him.

I love this song. I can hear it again and again.

I mind watching them at the Adam Smith Hall in Kirkcaldy, what a show ner To be forgotten even as I sit here in a warm evening in Sydney Australia, I remember as clear as day.

most beautiful version i have ever heard

they are great, My mother used to sing me to sleep with gallic lullabies, I was brought up with this music & I have always loved it.

All the ingredients for the essence of folk music. Voice, melody, lyrics and acoustic backup. One of my favourites. From Nova Scotia, Canada.

I first heard this in 1979.....i have loved it ever since and wish it played when i pop my clogs.. i play it but not as beautifully as this.

such talented musicians. and most soothing voices. bless them

only just discovered the corries !!! 😮 wow

When I die I want this song for my funeral !

you cant beat the corries for the storys in their songs of a time long gone when life was less complicated

Aay laddies someone with more brains than me needs to write the book ..You guys where instumental.. in our freedom

This is my favourite song put together with those wonderful combolins.....nothing quite like this sound anywhere else.

Oh come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free Stand where the peat meets the sky and the lochs meet the sea Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done Oh come by the hills tae the land where life is a song Sing where the birds fill the air with their joy all day long Where the trees sway in time and even the wind is in tune And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done Oh come by the hills tae the land where legend remains Where stories of old fill the hearth and may yet come again When our past it is lost but our future is still to be won And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done So come by the hills tae the land where fancy is free Stand where the peat meets the sky and the lochs meet the sea Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold is the sun And the cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done Report a problem Writer(s): W Gordon-smith Play "Come By The Hills" on Amazon Music Unlimited (ad) No translations availableNo translations available

Breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for the song, and the echoes of the past.

Great song. What a beautiful work over the strings!!

Eddie and Finbar Fury made also a wonderful version of this song. I heard it first around 1968.

I just discovered this and am delighted--the songs touch the heart. Thanks from Melb

Excellent presentation of still photos.It felt like watching a video even though it was a slide show. Come by the Hills is one of my favorite folk songs and the Corries are the tops.

Still alive and loved

Thank you - I listen to this while making art.

It took me a while to discover The Corries and Luke Kelly (The Dubliners). I listen to a lot of different types of music, but as far as I am concerned these guys are just as just a great as Led Zeppelin or The Who. I enjoy their music just as much.

fabulous Corries. Lovely song and makes me very homesick.

Just beautiful.

❤So Beautiful❤

beautiful reminds me of when I was wee and my uncle sang this

Absolutely brilliant

Play this outside the garages this is adorable song ty

Beautiful music

Corries or Furys Furys or Corries....Corries.....Furys... I just can't choose my favourite version!

Brilliant, as ever!

Ah laddies ah miss you so so much .scotland will struggle to replace yeh baath.

corries all the way NP CORRIES CORRIES CORRIES

Thank you for providing lyrics.

This makes me remember

I like this song very much. Thanks for posting it.

God be praised! What beautiful lyrics and music to the gift of life in this present creation.

beautiful

Oh, come by the hills to the land where fancy is free And stand where the peak meets the sky and the locks reach the sea Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun And cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done. Oh,come by the hills tae the land where life is a song And sing while the birds fill the air with their joy all day long Where the trees sway in time, and even the wind is in tune. And cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done. Come by the hills to the land where legend remains Where stories of old stir the heart and may yet come again Where the past it is lost but the future is still to be won And cares of tomorrow can wait till this day is done. Come by the hills to the land where fancy is free And stand where the peaks meet the sky and the rocks reach the sea Where the rivers run clear and the bracken is gold in the sun And cares of tomorrow must wait till this day is done. Report lyrics

Still I do and time stands with me!!!

Superb. Peerless. Timeless

I tried to live by the message of this song but it usually got me into trouble.

Was trying to figure out what that instrument is. They invented it! The combolin. I want one!

superb!

Still the original and the best

I only knew Loreena McKennit's version but this one is great too

Love the corries and any thing scotish I married a scot. R. I. P. Roy

Beautiful song

lovely

BEAUTIFUL SONG OF HPOPE

Agreed!!!

classic

I like this Scottish Dance music sound perfect. like this so much its happy tune I like you made this you tube this made Just for me .

I sing my baby sister to sleep with this...

Slainte ' !

For my darling.

well done, kinda sad, its as tho the ancients are speaking to us.

Gettin bittin tae fuck but listinv tae this is nuf

try damian maginty of celtic thunder pure magic and i am a great corries fan

What instruments are they playing in this photo?

Does anyone know what the instrument is called that is shown in the photos of the video?

Muy buena música pero estaban muy duros 😬😬

can anyone please tell me what that lovely instument is called? it sounds likr a harpsichord but is held in hand...so pretty

What's the instrument please? :O

Oh Flower of Scotland……thank you ……I really need to get home ……the country of my birth will soon be free

this one was probably here before Loreena McKennit was even born!!!

I known come by the hills as Buchaill an earnya which I can't spell

Ach ah canny say nuthin

Ładne to ja syn tej ktura ma te konto

anyone know were the original irish words to this song can be found and what it was called.

Never get a scots accent, mixed up with any other accent , l know this as l lived in Scotland For 6 years touchy sods ( A English man)

Musical genius. 🤗 but lyrics a bit dodgy as we know and love the lads. 😜

Where is free fanny [fancy]