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I canna leave my HIELAND HAME I canna leave my hieland hame, Nor a' the clans that bear my name ; I canna leave the bonny glen, Nor a' I loe nor a' I ken ; For what wud this puir heart then do, Gin it wad lose its worth I trow, Flowers may bloom far ayont the sea, But oh! my Hieland hame for me. My faither sleeps beneath the sod, My mither shares his cauld abode ; Yon sunny shieling on the brae, Hae oft heard sounds of grief and Wae, And I its teuant left alane, Lamenting ower my Hieland hame.; Flowers, &c They tell me I'll get wealth and ease, Wi nocht to vex but a tae please, They tell me I'll get gold and fame, They tempt me with a glorious name, But what can at their wealth impart, To me wha has a broken heart, Flowers, &c. Each flower that blooms on foreign fell Would mind me o' my heather bejl Each little stream let nook or turn, Would mind me o' Glenoric'ks burn; How can I leave a scene so dear Without a sigh, .withour a tear. Flowers, &c. Printed and Sold By James Lindsay, Whole- sale Stationer, &c., 11 King Street, (City) Glasgow Upwards of 5000 sorts always on hand; also,a great variety of Picture Books, Song-Books, Histories, &c. Shops and Haw- kers supplied on Liberal Terms. Soiree, Concert and Ball Cards Large Post-. ing and Hand Bills, Invoice Tops, Circulars, Business and Fancy Cards, Society Articles, Pamphlets, and every description of, Letter- Press Printing done cheaply, neatly, and ex- peditously 21
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Probable period of publication:
1860-1880 shelfmark: L.C.Fol.178.A.2(076)
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