by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is...
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Language: English
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 Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valour, the country of worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Farewell to the mountains high cover’d 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; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe -- My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with The Works of Robert Burns, London: T. Tegg, Cheapside; C. Daly, Red Lion Square, MDCCCXL, page 384.
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- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My heart's in the Highlands" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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