Historic Sheet Music Collection

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1837

Comments

My heart's in the highlands
A favourite song sung at the principal concerts by Mr. H. Russell,
The poetry by Robert Burns,
The symphonies accompaniments & part of the melody composed & most Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Lewis Gaylord Clark
By Henry Russell.
2d ed.

New York (239 Broadway, New York, NY) : Hewitt & Jaques

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Lyrics

My heart’s in the highlands
My heart is not here
My heart’s in the highlands a chasing the deer
A chasing the wild deer and following the roe
Oh! My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go
My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go
Oh! Farewell to the highlands, farewell to the north
The birth place of valor the country of worth
Wherever I wander wherever I rove
The hills of the highlands forever I love
Oh! My heart’s in the highlands my heart is not here
My heart’s in the highlands a chasing the deer
A chasing the deer and following the roe
Oh! My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go
My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go.

Farewell to the mountain high cover’d with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild hanging woods;
Oh farewell to the torrents and loud pouring floods
Oh farewell to the highlands, farewell to the north
The birth place of valor the country of worth;
Wherever I rove The hills of the highlands forever I go
Oh! My hearts in the highlands my heart is not here;
My heart’s in the highlands a chasing the deer
A chasing the deer, and following the roe,
Oh! My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go,
My heart’s in the highlands wherever I go.

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