My Heart's in the Highlands
Robert Burns, 1759-1796
My heart's in the Highlands,
My heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands
A-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer
And following the roe-
My heart's in the Highlands,
Wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands,
Farewell to the North,
The birth-place of valor,
The country of worth!
Wherever I wander,
Wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands
For ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains
High-covered with snow,
Farewell to the straths
And green valleys below,
Farewell to the forests
And wild hanging woods,
Farewell to the torrents
And loud-pouring floods!
My heart's in the Highlands,
My heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands
A-chasing the deer,
A-chasing the wild deer
And following the roe-
My heart's in the Highlands,
Wherever I go.