The Book of Scottish Song/Caledonia 2

by John Imlah

For works with similar titles, see Caledonia.

Caledonia.

[John Imlah. Set to Music by Peter Macleod.]

The lamp o' day its radiance threw
Far o'er the Grampian mountains blue,
'Mid burning clouds, when last adieu
I bade to Caledonia.

And as I mark'd the mountains high,
Like vapour melt 'tween sea and sky,
Deep breath'd my heart a prayer and sigh
For native Caledonia.

I love the streams, I love the linn,
That foamin' fa's wi' deaf'nin' din,
The bick'rin' burns that rowe within
The glens of Caledonia.

The lochs sae peaceful, lone, profound,
The misty mountains tow'ring round,
Whose echoing rocks at eve resound
The songs of Caledonia.

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