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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 birthplace of valor, the country of worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever 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;

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe—

My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I go.