There's
nae hills like the Scottish hills
'Mang
a' that rise and fa',
The
Lowthers and the Grampions,
Sae
buirdly and sae braw ;
The
Pentlands and the Ochils,
Sae
comely aye to see, -
O' a' the
hills o' Scotland still,
The
Sidlaw Hills for me.
An' why
sae dear the Sidlaws ?
Ah,
that's the tale to tell ;
It's no'
their buik, - though a' in ane
They
wadna match Goatfell.
They wadna
mak Ben Nevis,
Though
biggit three on three,
Yet
Goatfell nor Ben Nevis
Is
hauf sae dear to me.
Oh. I can
leave Ben Nevis,
Nor
feel a partin' pang ;
Goatfell,
too, and Ben Lomond,
Sae
bauld the hills amang ;
But aye my
heart gaes dunt for dunt,
Whaurever I may be,
If ane but
names the Sidlaws,
The
hills o' hame, to me.
Ilk' time
we cross the Ochils
My e'e
darts ower Strathmore -
It's first
Kinnoull, then Murray's Ha',
Syne
ithers hauf a score ;
Dunsinnan
and Kinpurnie,
And a'
sae fair to see :
They're
wee bit knowes the Sidlaws,
But,
oh, they're dear to me.
They're
dear to me for mony ties
My
heart will never tyne,
For sichts
an' soun's their very thocht
Reca's
frae auld lang syne.
O' those
wi' whom I speil'd their broos
Bare-leggit
to the knee,
An' but to
clasp their han's again
There's nocht I wadna gi'e.
Then
sing's ye like o' ither hills,
And a'
their glories tell,
The
Lowthers an' the Grampions,
Ben
Nevis an' Goatfell ;
But dinna
ferlie though I sit
An'
never lift an e'e :
They're
wee bit knowes the Sidlaws,
But,
oh, they're dear to me.