Lyrics to
Rolling Hills

This version of Rolling Hills was released by Van Morrison in 1979.

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Among the rolling hills I’ll live my life in Him
Oh I will live my life in Him among the rolling hills
With my wife and child I’ll do no man no ill
Oh I will do no man no ill among the rolling hills

Among the rolling hills I’ll read my bible still
Oh I will read my bible still among the rolling hills

With my pen I’ll write my song among the rolling hills
With my pen I’ll write my song among the rolling hills

I will do my jig among the rolling hills
Oh I will do my jig and live among the rolling hills

With my pen I’ll write my song among the rolling hills
I’ll take out my pen and write my song among the rolling hills

And I’ll stand and watch it all among the rolling hills
Oh I will stand and watch it all among the rolling hills

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Van Morrison has released many songs over the years besides Rolling Hills. Van Morrison released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Blowin' Your Mind!, Astral Weeks, Moondance, His Band And The Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, Saint Dominic's Preview, Hard Nose The Highway, It's Too Late To Stop Now, Veedon Fleece, A Period Of Transition, Wavelength, Into The Music, Common One, Beautiful Vision, Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart, A Sense Of Wonder, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Irish Heartbeat, Avalon Sunset, Enlightenment, Hymns To The Silence, Too Long In Exile, Days Like This, How Long Has This Been Going On, Tell Me Something: The Songs Of Mose Allison, The Healing Game, The Philosopher's Stone, Back On Top, The Skiffle Sessions - Live In Belfast, You Win Again, Down The Road, What's Wrong With This Picture?, and Magic Time. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Van Morrison.

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About Lyrics and Rolling Hills by Van Morrison

The lyrics to Rolling Hills are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Van Morrison used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Rolling Hills have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Van Morrison and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Rolling Hills by Van Morrison. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rolling Hills" means the words set to the music of Rolling Hills, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Van Morrison. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rolling Hills and the lyrics to Rolling Hills are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Van Morrison who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rolling Hills, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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