The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/My heart's in the Highlands
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MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS.
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 birth-place 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.