by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE
My harry was a gallant gay,
    Fu' stately strade he on the plain,
But now he's banish'd far away :
    I'll never see him back again.
Refrain:
  O for him back again !
  O for him back again !
  I wad gie a Knockhaspie's land
  For Higland Harry back again.

When a' the lave gae to their bed,
    I wander dowie up the glen,
I set me down and greet my fill,
    And ay I wish him back again.

O, were some villains hangit high,
    And ilka body had their ain,
Then I might see the joyfu' sight,
    My Higland Harry back again !
Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 216. (Printed in the book with the refrain first.)

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  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Harry des Highlands", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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