My Hearts In The Highlands

    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.