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My Highland home

Thomas Morton

“My Highland home” as printed in The Book of Scottish Song (1843).

Thomas Morton: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1843 · historical text
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This text comes from The Book of Scottish Song, edited by Alexander Whitelaw, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

My Highland home, where tempests blow,

And cold thy wintry looks,

Thy mountains crown'd with driven snow,

And ice-bound are thy brooks!

But colder far the Briton's heart,

However far he roam,

To whom these words no joy impart,

My native Highland home.

Verse 2

Then gang wi' me to Scotland dear;

We ne'er again will roam,

And with thy smiles so bonny, cheer

My native Highland home!

When summer comes, the heather bell

Shall tempt thy feet to rove,

The cushet dove with in the dell

Invite to peace and love!

For blythsome is the breath of May,

And sweet the bonny broom,

And blythe the dimpling rills that play

Around my Highland home!

Then gang wi' me, &c.

Credits

Written by Thomas Morton

Words by Thomas Morton. Historical text published in The Book of Scottish Song (1843); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Book of Scottish Song (1843), edited by Alexander Whitelaw, “My Highland home”

Every contribution in this 1843 anthology predates modern copyright terms by more than a century; any contributor died at least 130 years ago, so the text is in the public domain worldwide (life+70 terms expired no later than 2020).

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