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254 JACOBITE
HIGHLAND HARRY.*
My Harry was a gallant gay,
Fu' stately strade he o'er the plain ,
But now he's banish'd far away,
I'll never see him back again.
O for him back again !
for him back again !
1 wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land
For Highland Harry back again.
When a' the lave gang to their bed,
I wander dowie up the glen,
And sit me down and greet my fill
For Highland Harry back again.
O for him back again, &c.
O were some villains hangit high,
And ilka body had their ain,
Then I wad see the joyfu' sight
Of Highland Harry back again.
O for him back again, &c.
Sad was the day, and sad the hour,
He left me in his native plain,
And rtish'd his injur'd prince to join ;
But, oh ! he ne'er came back again !
O for him back again, &c.
Strong was my Harry's arm in fight,
Unmatch'd on a' Culloden plain ;
But vengeance has put down the right, —
And, oh ! he'll ne'er come back again !
O for him back again, &c.
* The popularity of this Song and its tune, recommended it to
Burns, who altered and amended the words as they now appear in