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My Harry was a Gallant gay.
Tune, Highlander's Lament
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Highland Harry- back again.
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Then I might fee the jjoyfu' fight,
My Highlan Harry back again.
O for him te.c.
The Highland Character.
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In the garb of old Gaul, with the fire of old Rome, from the
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heath cover'd mountains of Scotia we come,Where the Romans endeavourd our
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country to gain.But our Anceftors fought, and they fought not in vain.