my heart's in the highlands

    tune—“failte na miosg.”

    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.

    chorus.—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 mountains, high-cover'd with snow,

    farewell to the straths and green vallies below;

    farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,

    farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.

    my heart's in the highlands, &c.