"My Heart's in the Highlands" is a 1789 song and poem by

Robert Burns Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the List of national poets, national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the be ...

, sung to the tune "Fàilte na Miosg". 1: :My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, :My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; :Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, :My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go. 2: :Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, :The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; :Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, :The hills of the Highlands forever I'll love. (

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:) :My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, :My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; :Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, :My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go. 3: :Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow, :Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; :Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods, :Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. (Chorus:) :My heart's in the Highlands my heart is not here, :My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; :Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, :My heart's in the Highlands, wherev'r I go :My heart's in the Highlands, farewell.

Compositions

"My Heart's in the Highlands" has been arranged for

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alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: '' altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In four-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in ch ...

) and organ by

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. "My Heart's in the Highlands" was also arranged for

lyre The lyre () (from Greek λύρα and Latin ''lyra)'' is a string instrument, stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the History of lute-family instruments, lute family of instruments. In organology, a ...

and guitar by Scottish ambient folk artist An Tuagh (Jamie Keddie).

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* ; Lorna Anderson, soprano; Concerto Caledonia directed by David McGuinness * ; Michael Dillon; from the film ''

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