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There’s a hill near to the town that I grew up in
They call it Bennachie

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There’s no view like Bennachie

I grew up on the east coast
Where it falls flat to the sea
From the beaches of Banff
To the firth at Dundee
I never saw the delights
Up with the Dee and the Spey
But I stayed where they sleep
From the Don down to the Tay

Oh how I longed to leave
Over the hills and the seas
To be a man of the world
And find a true love for me
So when I left my home,
I’d just laugh at their plea, that
“There is no view like Bennachie”

I came home once a year
When bright lights filled the trees
On a carpet of ice
And a sharp winter breeze
And the bars all spilt out
And the faces looked old
Far more than their years
And hit hard by the cold

Oh how I longed to leave
Back to the life I had weaved
I feared I might be forgot
So I rushed back to see
And as the train pulled away
I’d look back in the grey
I couldn’t agree
“There is no view like Bennachie”

And so the years came like waves
On the mortal tide
An old me dies
and a young one cries
Bales roll in the fields
Leaves peel from the trees
And the seeds are all dealt out by the breeze

Oh how I longed to stay
Wished for just one more day
To be someone’s very first
or very last to see
And now it pains me to part
And with a weight in my heart
I can see
“There is no view like Bennachie”

And now it pains me to part
And with a weight in my heart
I can agree
“There is no view like Bennachie”

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from Songs of One Hundred Years​/​They'll Greet Me In Heaven Double EP, released December 16, 2013
Vocals and guitars- Adam Beattie
Violins- Alastair Caplin and Sarah Beattie
Double Bass- Dave Tunstall
Drums- Barny C Rockford
Backing vocals- Brooke Sharkey and Leonie Evans
Additional backing vocals- Stephanie Thom
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sonny at Livingston Studios, London, 23-24th April 2012.
All words and music by Adam Beattie except track 3 (words by Adam Beattie and music by Rayna Gellert)

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Adam Beattie Scotland, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Adam Beattie has released 5 studio albums. His latest album ‘Somewhere Round The Bend’ received critical acclaim, "Uplifting reveries of love" - MOJO Magazine, "5/5 Master of powerful narratives” - RnR MAGAZINE, “8/10 “Stirring folk balladry” - THE LINE OF BEST FIT, “A very fine record, full of great moments” - RODDY HART, BBC RADIO SCOTLAND ... more

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