Taken from 'My Heart's In The Highlands' (1789) by Robert Burns
lyrics
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.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
Farewell to the straths and green vallies 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;
Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
credits
from SOMETHING IN US NEVER DIES,
released January 24, 2020
Words by Robert Burns.
Original arrangements by Laurie Cameron, with Ross Lorimer and Rod Jones.
Vocals by Laurie Cameron, with Ross Lorimer.
Violin by Fiona Liddell.
Recorded by Rod Jones at Post Electric Studio, Edinburgh and by Marshall Craigmyle at Light Rail Studios, San Francisco.
Produced and mixed by Rod Jones, mastered by Kris Pohl, Post Electric Studio.
Artwork by Donald Cameron.