MY HEART’S IN THE HIGHLANDS

By Robert Burns

FAREWELL to the Highlands, farewell to the North,

The birthplace of valour, the country of worth!

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam,

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,

A-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 valleys below,

Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,

Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods!