My Heart's in the Highlands

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, 

The birth-place of valor, the country of worth! 

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, 

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. 

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-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. 

~ Robert Burns