Six Excellent Songs (Newton Stewart)/The Young Highland Rover

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4690185Six Excellent Songs — The Young Highland RoverRobert Burns (1759-1796)

THE YOUNG HIGHLAND ROVER.

Loud blaw the frosty breezes,The snows the mountains cover;Like winter on me seizes,Since my young highland roverFar wanders nations over.Where'er he go, where'er he stray,May Heaven be his warden:Return him safe to fair Strathspey,And bonnie Castle-Gordon.

The trees now naked groaning,Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging,The birdies dowie moaning,Shall a' be blythely singing,And every flower be springing.Sae I'll rejoice the lee-lang day,When by his mighty wardenMy youth's returned to fair Strathspey,And bonnie Castle-Gordon.