my heart's in the highlands
tune—“failte na miosg.”
farewell to the highlands, farewell to the north,
the birth-place of valour, the country of worth;
wherever i wander, wherever i rove,
the hills of the highlands for ever i love.
chorus.—my heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here,
my heart's in the highlands, a-chasing the deer;
chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
my heart's in the highlands, wherever i go.
farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
farewell to the straths and green vallies below;
farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
my heart's in the highlands, c.