HIGHLAND HARRY BACK AGAIN

HIGHLAND HARRY BACK AGAIN
Robert Burns

My Harry was a gallant gay,

    Fu' stately strade he on the plain;

But now he's banish'd far away,

    I'll never see him back again.

Chorus :

O for him back again!

    O for him back again!

I wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land

    For Highland Harry back again.

When a' the lave gae to their bed,

    I wander dowie up the glen;

I set me down and greet my fill,

    And aye I wish him back again.

O were some villains hangit high,

    And ilka body had their ain!

Then I might see the joyfu' sight,

    My Highland Harry back again.

Footnote : To celebrate the anniversary of the publication of 'The Kilmarnock Edition' (31 July 1780) a song from our National Bard, Robert Burns. He wrote in his MS - 'The oldest title I ever heard to this air was 'The Highland Watch's Farewell to Ireland'. The chorus I picked up from an old woman in Dunblane, the rest of the song is mine.' A part of Mossgiel farm was called Knockhaspie.