Poem by Robert Burns

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MY Harry was a gallant gay,
  Fu’ stately strade he on the plain!
But now he’s banish’d far away,
  I’ll never see him back again.

  O for him back again!
    O for him back again!
  I wad gie a’ Knockhaspie’s land,
    For Highland Harry back again.

When a’ the lave gae to their bed,
  I wander dowie up the glen;
I sit me down and greet my fill,
  And aye I wish him back again.

O were some villains hangit high,
  And ilka body had their ain,
Then I might see the joyfu’ sight,
  My Highland Harry back again!

1. Their Groves O’ sweet Myrtle
2. The Bonnie Wee Thing
3. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
4. Gala Water
5. Stay My Charmer

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