My Heart’s in the Highlands (R. 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 valor, the country of worth.
Wherever I wonder, wherever I rove
The hills of the mountains 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.