1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 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.
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