My Heart´s in the Highlands

(Robert Burns-lyrics, 1787; Joachim Gehmlich-music, 03-10-1973)

HEY 2020

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

Ch: 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

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

Ch:

3. 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
My heart’s in the Highlands wherever I go