
My Heart’s in the Highlands
by Robert Burns

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 Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birthplace of valor, the country of worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove;
The hills of the Highlands forever I love.

Farewell to the mountains high covered 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,

A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe;