My Heart’s in the Highlands

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 valour, 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;

My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I go.